MVC-0596 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Table runner; four, gold, 5 toed (Imperial), dragons & four gold medallions above waves/water; floral border below dragons, cloud forms . Bordered all around by band of dark blue cloth with narrow green band at outer and inner edge; medium blue lining.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China; purchased in California in the 1960s at an estate or antique sale
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Gold (metal), Silk, and Weft [reassign]
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
Table Runner (reused from imperial robe)
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 63.5 centimeters and length 140.5 centimeters