MVC-0597 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Wall hanging: Imperial Era: length: 71 cm, width: 58.0 cm, with 3.5 cm border: Composed of two panels joined together at center. Dark blue/black ground with repeated birds and floral motifs in the upper ⅓. Two large medallions with flowers and landscape, framed in brocade and small birds in ground in central ⅓; lower ⅓ embroidered with mountain and cloud motifs, arched bridges, and florals in pale apricot, cream, pale green , pale blue, yellow. Border fabric is brocade with leaves and flowers in pale green, cream, pale blue on a blue/black ground edged with narrow black bias on each side of border. Backing is tan, of coarse cotton. Hanging is not rectangular; has a curved bottom.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China; purchased in antique or estate sale.
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Wall hangings
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
Wall hanging; decorative (reused from a woman’s jacket, per K. Vitale)
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 58 centimeters and length 71 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: Generally good condition. Posrtions of secondary weave is worn off, some stains; backing portions unstitched