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Chinese
Ming dynasty
1500–1600
Object Place: China

Medium/Technique Silk satin weave with silk continuous and discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down in twill-weave
Dimensions Height x width: 89 3/16 x 31 1/8 in. (226.5 x 79 cm)
Credit Line Gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich
Accession Number35.687
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ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionLength of fabric with design of peonies in yellow and brown silk discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts on a blue silk ground.
Provenance1935, gift of Lucy Truman Aldrich (b. 1869 - d. 1955), Providence, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 2, 1935)