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<p>Brocade with Lotus Flowers
Tabby, brocaded; silk and gold thread
</p><p>Northern China, Mongol Period (1207-1368)
</p><p>The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund  1994.293
(Cat. no. 33)
</p><p>The tradition of brocade weaving in northern China continued after the
Mongol conquest. However, the arrival of eastern Iranian craftsmen affected
both the design and the structure of the brocades: patterns became
symmetrical and paired warps replaced single warps. Both of these
modifications can be observed in this example. At the same time, however,
the Jin tradition of floating foundation wefts across the back sides of the
brocaded areas continued. Brocades such as this may have been woven in
Hongzhou (in Hebei province), where weavers from both Western Asia and from
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the former Jin capital, Bianjing, are known to have worked together.</div>
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