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Pendant for bed
Chinese
Qing dynasty
1890s
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Silk satin embroidered with silk and couched with gold-wrapped thread, reverse appliquéd
Dimensions
166.1 x 24.9 cm (65 3/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number11.111
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionPendant for bed, possibly for theater, of pink silk satin with design of basket, peonies, bats and other auspicious symbols embroidered with orange and black silk and couched with gold-wrapped thread, accented with framed mirrors discs; on one end is a border in reverse appliqué of blue satin with an openwork design, through which the pink satin background is visible; edged with black silk satin. See 11.142.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; Gift from Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA, March 2, 1911