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Table cover

Chinese
Qing dynasty
18th–19th century
Object Place: China

Medium/Technique Silk gauze embroidered with silk
Dimensions 92 x 160.7 cm (36 1/4 x 63 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Barbara Deering Danielson
Accession Number1982.675
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionTable cover, possibly for palace furnishing, of silk gauze ground solidly embroidered in key fretwork pattern in dark and light blue silk, and design of five floral baskets, one in a central medallion and four at each corner, embroidered in polychrome silk; border on four sides with design of flowers over a repeating key fretwork pattern.
ProvenanceGift of Barbara Deering Danielson to the MFA on December 8, 1982