Explore the CollectionHanging

Measurements
364cm x 67cm
Place of Origin
China
Historical Period/Date
Unknown date
Registration Number
2018-008
Donated/Purchased
Donated
Techniques
Chinese Silk Embroidery,Gold Work,Surface Stitchery,
Objects
Hangings,Household Furnishings,

Physical Description

Red silk Chinese hanging of two joined panels (each 32.5cm) worked allover with sprays of pale blue, mauve, gray and beige flowers and bats, goldwork Chinese characters and 8 large figures in similar blue/gray tones. The figures are possibly representative of Chinese philosophers and are spaced evenly across the width of the piece. A border worked allover with smaller sprays of blue flowers and multicoloured butterflies and a lotus bud? border top and bottom has been applied along the sides and bottom. Chinese silk embroidery. Possibly eighteenth century.

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