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Valance
Chinese
Qing dynasty
1870–80
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Silk satin embroidered with silk and couched with gold-wrapped thread
Dimensions
Height x width: 37 1/2 x 160 1/2 in. (95.3 x 407.7 cm)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number11.134
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionRed silk satin valance with design of phoenix and flowers embroidered in polychrome silk and couched with gold-wrapped thread; red silk fringe along bottom edge.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA in 1911