Textile

Museum number:
9-16641
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3792
Description:
Textile. Length of black silk with brocade procession of armed figures walking and riding a horse drawn carriage, between modern meander frets. Brocade silk design in fuchsia, gold, green and yellow on black satin weave background. Side edges are loom finished with white ribbing. Top and bottom edges are unfinished. 179cm x 66cm.
Donor:
Estate of Margaret Hampson
Collection place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 9-16641, described as Textile. Length of black silk with brocade procession of armed figures walking and riding a horse drawn carriage, between modern meander frets. Brocade silk design in fuchsia, gold, green and yellow on black satin weave background. Side edges are loom finished with white ribbing. Top and bottom edges are unfinished. 179cm x 66cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 9-16641, described as Textile. Length of black silk with brocade procession of armed figures walking and riding a horse drawn carriage, between modern meander frets. Brocade silk design in fuchsia, gold, green and yellow on black satin weave background. Side edges are loom finished with white ribbing. Top and bottom edges are unfinished. 179cm x 66cm.

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