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Length of fabric for curtain (?)
Chinese
Ming dynasty
1550–1625
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Silk damask embroidered with silk
Dimensions
Height x width: 33 1/16 x 105 7/8 in. (84 x 269 cm)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.3972
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionLength of fabric, probably part of a curtain, of reddish-orange pieced silk damask with woven design of auspicious clouds and embroidered with design of scrolling lotus in polychrome silk.
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.