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Panel for table screen
Chinese
Qing dynasty
1850 to 1900
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Silk tapestry with metallic gold theads
Dimensions
Overall: 21.5 x 51.5 cm (8 7/16 x 20 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number15.585
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionPanel for table screen of tapestry-weave in reddish-orange silk and design of birds and flowers (top) and vase with flowers, container and book (bottom) in yellow, blue and green silk and gold metallic threads; border on three side and separating top and bottom fields has design of interlocking key fret pattern in dark blue and reddish-orange.
ProvenanceLent by Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA, October 24, 1913; Denman Waldo Ross Collection; Gift from Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA, October 24, 1915