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Altar valance or hanging
Chinese
Qing dynasty
Late 19th century
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Silk damask embroidered with silk and couched with gold-wrapped thread
Dimensions
80 x 51.5 cm (31 1/2 x 20 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number15.550
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionAltar valance or hanging of dark red silk damask with design of horizontal bands of Chinese lions along the bottom, phoenix and pomegranates in the middle and butterflies and gourds along the top embroidered in blue, green, yellow and white silk, black cord and couched gold-wrapped thread; trimmed with bands of black satin piped with light blue satin; lined with white plain-weave cotton.
ProvenanceLent by Denman W. Ross, Oct. 24, 1913. Denman Waldo Ross Collection; gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA on April 1, 1915