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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
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
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,