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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
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
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