Textile

C475

From: China

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number C475
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese
Provenience China
Period Qing Dynasty
Date Made Qing Dynasty
Section Asian
Materials Silk
Technique Brocaded
Iconography Dragon | Bat | Shou
Description

Brocade. Rows of alternating five-claw dragon roundels and auspicious piled clouds against a ground of mustard yellow. Slight water damage. Central field surrounded by a brown satin damask border decorated with auspicious bat and shou motifs. Thread colors include: magenta, dark blue, white, green, pink. Silk and metallic (silver color) thread – metallic thread wrapped around a core of violet silk (both Z-twist) (five end?) brocaded satin weave. Border is satin damask.

Length 90.5 cm
Width 79.4 cm
Credit Line Purchased from W. G. Moore, 1926

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