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Fragment of silk
Chinese
Ming dynasty
early 15th century
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Silk plain-weave (basket variation) with gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in plain-weave
Dimensions
Height x width: 53 x 34 cm (20 7/8 x 13 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number26.192
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionFragment of silk with ground of greenish-blue and brown stripes and overall design of stylized dragons and scrolling camelia in gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts.
ProvenanceTransferred from Asiatic Dept. to Textiles.