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Painting with Threads exhibition

'Fairy and crane' embroidery, Qing Dynasty China. On display at the exhibition 'Painting with Threads: Chinese Tapestry and Embroidery, 12th–19th Century', MET New York, 2014-2015. 'Fairy and crane' embroidery, Qing Dynasty China. On display at the exhibition 'Painting with Threads: Chinese Tapestry and Embroidery, 12th–19th Century', MET New York, 2014-2015. Copyright Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, acc. no. 25.59.1.

'Painting with Threads: Chinese Tapestry and Embroidery, 12th–19th Century' was the title of a small exhibition (called installation in American parlance) displaying a small selection from the Museum holdings of Chinese tapestries and embroideries. The exhibition ran from late 2014 to the summer of 2015. 

The examples on display showed the dramatic landscapes, flowers and birds, famous immortals, and stunning examples of calligraphy, for which Chinese tapestry and embroidery have long been famous.

Exhibition website (retrieved 17 July 2017).

Metropolitan Museum of Art online catalogue (retrieved 17 July 2017).

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