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Length of furnishing fabric
Chinese
Kangxi period, Qing dynasty
about 1670
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Silk plain weave with discontinuous weft patterning
Dimensions
Height x width: 73 1/4 x 26 3/8 in. (186 x 67 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Gabriella Beranek
Accession Number2010.224
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionBlue silk panel with large scale blue, yellow, green, and pink lotus blossoms and chrysanthemums. Border at top and bottom with meandering vine between rows with Greek key motif. Full loom width with two selvedges.
Provenance1970s, purchased by Michael Franses of The Textile Gallery, London, from an anonymous London dealer; March 16, 2005, purchased from the Textile Gallery by Mr. and Mrs. Leo and Gabriella Beranek, Cambridge, MA; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Beranek to the MFA (Accession date: April 14, 2010)