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Length of furnishing fabric from Yuanmingyuan
Chinese
Qing dynasty, reign of Qianlong
1750–75
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Silk voided velvet; cut and uncut pine with satin-weave ground
Dimensions
170 x 64 cm (66 15/16 x 25 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Mrs. Charles Gaston Smith's Group
Accession Number41.524
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionLength of furnishing fabric from the Yuanmingyuan (Qianlong summer palace) with overall design of peonies and leaves in cut and uncut silk velvet in pale green, blue, light gray, salmon and pink on a voided velvet, creme satin ground.
ProvenanceAbout 1750-1775, probably made for the Yuanming Yuan ("Old Summer Palace"), Beijing [see note]. 1941, sold by Yamanaka and Company, New York, to the MFA for $115. (Accession Date: June 5, 1941)
NOTE: A comparative fabric is held by the Palace Museum, Beijing; see Empresses and Their Court Arts in the Forbidden City (Sezon Museum of Art, 1997), cat. no. 43.
NOTE: A comparative fabric is held by the Palace Museum, Beijing; see Empresses and Their Court Arts in the Forbidden City (Sezon Museum of Art, 1997), cat. no. 43.