Portrait

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Object Details

Manufacturer

Hangzhou Brocade Factory

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

Black and white portrait of Mao Zedong or Chairman Mao (1893 – 1976). Chinese inscription on bottom border.

Credit Line

Gift of Friends of Textiles

Date

1970–79

Accession Number

1975-23-5

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

woven textiles

Portrait

Medium

Medium: viscose rayon Technique: Jacquard woven. Plain weave (white) with floats of varying length of a continuous supplementary weft which acts also in complementary fashion with the white foundation weft. A supplementary warp is used to tie down long floatson the back.

Dimensions

H x W: 79 x 51 cm (31 1/8 x 20 1/16 in.)

made in

China

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Textiles Department

Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq47c506748-7bb9-4b05-a0af-d478bbea75c2

Record ID

chndm_1975-23-5