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Length of furnishing fabric
Chinese
Ming dynasty
1500–1600
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Silk satin weave with silk continuous and discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down in twill-weave
Dimensions
Height x width: 89 3/16 x 31 1/8 in. (226.5 x 79 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich
Accession Number35.687
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionLength of fabric with design of peonies in yellow and brown silk discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts on a blue silk ground.
Provenance1935, gift of Lucy Truman Aldrich (b. 1869 - d. 1955), Providence, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 2, 1935)