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Fragment of silk tapestry
Chinese
Qing dynasty
about 1800
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Silk slit tapestry (kesi) with gold-wrapped thread
Dimensions
Overall (a): 14 x 22 cm (5 1/2 x 8 11/16 in.)
Overall (b): 22 x 14.3 cm (8 11/16 x 5 5/8 in.)
Overall (c): 22 x 14.5 cm (8 11/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Overall (b): 22 x 14.3 cm (8 11/16 x 5 5/8 in.)
Overall (c): 22 x 14.5 cm (8 11/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number15.582
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionFragment of silk slit tapestry (kesi) with design in polychrome silk and gold-wrapped thread of one of the Eight Daoist Immortals. See 15.582b & 15.582c.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; Gift from Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA on October 24, 1915