Cloth

2003-39-55

From: China

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 2003-39-55
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese
Provenience China
Date Made pre-1895
Section Asian
Materials Cotton
Technique Block Printed | Resist Dyed
Iconography Floral | Butterfly
Description

A bolt of cloth woven of cotton; indigo resist dyed, block printed in a line of butterflies and flowers. One end has a blue border, the other is cut.

Length 40 cm
Width 573 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1895.1.359 - Other Number

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