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Valance
Chinese
Qing dynasty
1880–89
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Silk satin couched with gold-wrapped thread; silk fringe
Dimensions
Height x width: 40 x 150 in. (101.6 x 381 cm)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number11.120
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionRed silk satin valance with design of four large Chinese characters and inscription, birds, butterflies and flowers in couched gold-wrapped thread, blue floral silk ribbon border along sides and bottom; green silk fringe along the bottom edge.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA in 1911