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Length of velvet

Chinese or Japanese
Qing dynasty
1880s
Object Place: China or Japan

Medium/Technique Silk, voided and cut pile (velvet)
Dimensions 44.5 x 68 cm (17 1/2 x 26 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number00.613
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ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionLength of silk velvet with design of stylized peonies and other flowers created by voided and cut pile with gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts on a pink silk ground.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; Gift from Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA, October 25, 1900