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Panel of embroidery (one of two)
Chinese (for European market)
second half of 18th century
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Silk; embroidery with polychrome silk threads on silk satin ground
Dimensions
Overall: 73 x 243.8 cm (28 3/4 x 96 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mabel Sturgis and Maud Haynes-Smith, in memory of their father, John Hubbard Sturgis
Accession Number48.1305b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionTwo panels, cream white satin with delicate symmetrical floral pattern, and bird worked with several shades of pink, pinkish-orange, yellow, green, and blue silk in satin stitch, each panel framed with narrow border of undulating flowering vine; stained.
ProvenanceTransferred from Asiatic Dept. to Textiles.