Hanging

Museum number:
9-15404
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1148 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.04
Description:
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.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and Henrietta F. Brewer
Collection place:
Peking, Beijing province, China
Verbatim coll. place:
CHINA: Peking
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Materials:
Metal and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works)
Function:
4.2 Public Buildings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 37 inches and width 35 inches
Images:
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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.

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