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Sleeve facing
Chinese
Qing dynasty
1880–90
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Silk damask embroidered with floss silk and couched gold-wrapped threads
Dimensions
Height x width: 2 15/16 x 24 7/16 in. (7.5 x 62 cm)
Credit Line
Alfred Greenough Collection
Accession Number85.24
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionSleeve facing with design of peonies and other flowers in light and dark blue and white silk embroidery and gold metallic thread couching on a black silk damask ground. Shanghai style.
ProvenanceGift of Charles Henry Parker, from the Estate of Alfred Greenough, to the MFA on April 9, 1885