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Pictorial embroidery
Chinese
Qing dynasty
18th century
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Silk plain weave embroidered with floss silk
Dimensions
138.68 x 57.15 cm (54 5/8 x 22 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
John Gardner Coolidge Collection
Accession Number53.979
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionLandscape with design of men and boys picking mulberry leaves embroidered in blue, cream, brown, and tan silk on a tan plain-weave ground; scene from sericulture series depicted in the Kangxi Encyclopedia; mounted in panel form.
ProvenanceJohn Gardner Coolidge Collection; Gift of Mrs. John Gardner Coolidge to the MFA on June 16, 1953