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Strip fragment
Chinese for the Western market
18th or early 19th century
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Silk, painted
Dimensions
11.3 x 86 cm (4 7/16 x 33 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of The Lady Berwick
Accession Number59.577
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionStrip fragment, from silk used at Attingham Park, Shropshire, in early 19th C. Drawing room and picture gallery. White silk taffeta, painted with opaque polychrome and silver pigments. Sprigs and bouquets of berries and flowers, sparsely placed in a row. Three sides cut; fourth shows selvedge with green satin stripe and yellow outer stripe. Chinese export for the European market
ProvenanceChinese, for the Western Market.
Transferred from the Department of Asiatic Art
Transferred from the Department of Asiatic Art