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Fragment of carpet


Rug
Chinese
Qing dynasty
late 18th or early 19th century
Object Place: China

Medium/Technique Silk, voided velvet, cut pile on a cotton ground with silk discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts
Dimensions Height x width: 25 3/16 x 16 9/16 in. (64 x 42 cm)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number16.302
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionFragment of dark blue silk velvet carpet with polychrome silk design of auspicious clouds and border of two rows of interlocking key fret pattern separated by row of sinuous dragons.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; Gift from Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA,