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Curtain or coverlet top
Chinese
Qing dynasty
1870–80
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Silk damask embroidered with piled silk threads and couched gold-wrapped threads
Dimensions
Height x width: 92 15/16 x 79 1/2 in. (236 x 202 cm)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number11.127
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionCurtain or coverlet top with design of peonies, butterflies, fruit, umbrella and bats in blue, yellow, white and black silk embroidery and gold metallic thread couching on a red silk damask ground.
ProvenanceGift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA on July 6, 1911