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Pendant for bed
Chinese, Qing dynasty, 1890s
China
166.1 x 24.9 cm (65 3/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Silk satin embroidered with silk and couched with gold-wrapped thread, reverse appliquéd
Classification: TextilesObject is currently not on viewPendant 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. Museum of Fine Arts, BostonDenman Waldo Ross Collection, 1911
Accession number: 11.111Provenance/Ownership History: Denman Waldo Ross Collection; Gift from Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA, March 2, 1911
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