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Catalog Data

Medium:
Medium: silk, paper with applied gold foil Technique: plain compound weave
Dimensions:
Warp x Weft: 40.6 x 10.5 cm (16 in. x 4 1/8 in.)
Type:
woven textiles
Textile
Made in:
China
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Dark blue ground with patterning in green and yellow silk, with bronze colored metal wrapped paper threads. Large scale pattern with geometric lattice work, large floriated roundel, flowers, and small clouds. The large roundel at right is incomplete, but contains interlocking rings.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Beatrice Kates
Accession Number:
1940-4-11
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Textiles Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4819f129c-c6d9-4212-92c8-6788ec949633
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1940-4-11