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Chinese
Qing dynasty
late 19th century
Object Place: China

Medium/Technique Silk damask embroidered with silk and couched gold-wrapped threads
Dimensions Height x width: 25 x 135 in. (63.5 x 342.9 cm)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number11.119
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ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionValance of red silk damask with design of flowers embroidered in polychrome silk and couched with gold-wrapped thread; border of dark blue satin ribbon embroidered with flowers in polychrome silk.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA in 1911