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Length of silk

Chinese
Qing dynasty
early 17th century
Object Place: China

Medium/Technique Silk satin-weave ground with gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in twill-weave
Dimensions Overall: 31 x 18 cm (12 3/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number26.179
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ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionLength of silk with design of repeating peony pattern in gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts on a green silk satin ground.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA on November 4, 1926