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Valance
Chinese
Qing dynasty
1880s
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Silk satin embroidered with silk and couched with gold-wrapped thread, applied sequins
Dimensions
Height x width: 210 in. (533.4 cm)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number11.124
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionValance of red silk satin with design of four large felicitous Chinese characters ("Imperial [Age] is as boundless as the Heavens"), Immortals, endless knots, flowers and birds in embroidered in silk, couched in gold-wrapped thread and accented with scatterd sequins; border of black satin with design of repeating floral motifs embroidered in polychrome silk.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; Gift from Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA, March 2, 1911