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Hearst Museum object titled Hanging, accession number 9-15070, described as Hanging. Cotton, rayon or silk? gilt paper wrapped yarns, flat gilt paper strips, cotton lining. Cut and uncut pile, brocaded border, plain weave lining. Brown, gilt, varicolored borders, light red lining. Human figure, ideograph motives. 2 yards, 6¾ inches by 26 inches.
Hearst Museum object titled Hanging, accession number 9-15404, described as Palace hanging. Silk, gilt paper wrapped yarns. Satin weave, embroidered; satin weave lining. Light brown ground (probably faded red) varicolored designs, orange lining. Floral, fret motives. 44½ inches by 37½ inches.
Hearst Museum object titled Hanging, accession number 9-5480, described as Yellow satin hanging panel; multicolor embroidery; waves and flora; gilt paper; black twill edging with embroidered blue flowers; brown plain weave cotton weaving; 20 3/4 inches x 62 inches.
Hearst Museum object titled Hanging, accession number 9-16469, described as Hanging, embroidered silk; teal silk satin front & orange patterned silk backing, border has black ground w/ floral design interspersed w/ various objects such as fans & swords. Main panel has 2 phoenix in flight w/ flower stem in beaks, too-1 head & cloud design & bat in background. Silk satin w/ multicolor embroidery, mostly in satin & stem stitch but also employed french knot & a bit of couching. Feng-hwang = phoenix. China att. 160 cm by 76 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Hanging, accession number 9-21638, described as Wall hanging; tapestry (Kossu) weaving; flowering plum branches in a tripod container sitting on a vase stand and a goblet; a low vasecontains fleshy blossoms; a spray of flowers and leaves w/ a key are at the bottom. Patterns are woven in gray, pink, and black on a golden/green ground w/ golden thread on the foot of the goblet. Entire hanging is bound with a narrow blue/black edging.
Hearst Museum object titled Hanging, accession number 9-15373, described as Hanging. Silk, metal wrapped yarns. Damask, embroidered. Red ground, varicolored designs. Goddess Hsi Wang My depicted. 20 inches by 88½ inches.
Hearst Museum object titled Hanging, accession number 9-21654a,b, described as Wall hanging: Pair of panels are each L= 86.7 cm, W=35.5 cm wide, including a 7.6 cm wide border on all 4 sides. Central panel of both have 5-toed dragon of gold-warpped thread looking upward at flitting pearl of peace, with peonies, endless knots, bats and clouds above waves, water and rocks. Additional detail & shading drawn and painted on each central panel. Each center panel is bordered by a narrow red band, a narrow blue band and a 6cm wide border of patterned brocade fabric with repeating pattterns of medallions and bats. Narrow black band bias edging on all outer edges. Backed with olive green cloth. Panel (A) dragon faces left; panel (B) dragon faces right.
Hearst Museum object titled Hanging, accession number 9-21632a,b, described as Pair of wall hangings: L=101cm x W=25cm, w/ 5.0 cm embroidered borders. Matched pair, brick red background, each embroidered w/ a pair of phoenix birds w/ eye-of-peacock tail feathers facing a large peony blossom which emerges from a small hill at center of each, and w/ rocks & leaves. Patterns are identical w/ slight differences in details. Embroidered in muted greens, pinks, beige, blues. Borders are made of blue/white/black borcade bands patterned with peonys, dragons and cloud motifs, edged with black silk binding. Back panels are brick red damask-like fabric. Label w/ Chinese characters in lower right corner.
Hearst Museum object titled Hanging, accession number 9-90a,b, described as Embroidered standard, silk back, broad crochet fringe. Pole with heavy brass top, melon shaped, and green, Blue tassel. Brass top has Chinese characters at base; mythical horned animal head near base of shaft; melon-shaped ornament at top
Hearst Museum object titled Hanging, accession number 9-21636, described as Wall hanging; vertical tapestry weave (Kossu) fabric “painting”; scene of rocks, trees, river, boat, 3 fishermen, bridge, hills, houses and birds w/ red sun and red highlights; faces on men are painted as is part of boat & folds in clothing. Ground is natural beige; rocks, structures, trees, boats, birds and land forms are brown, peach, gray, tan & muliple shades of blue. Trees have very stylized leaves (from Chinese book on how each leaf should appear; clouds are outlined in two shades of blue. Piece is surrounded by a narrow green binding, hand sewn.

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