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textile piece

human history
  • Other Name

    skirt panel?

  • Description

    large textile strip, blue border with heavy gold embroidery.

    Embroidered panel in gold couched stitch describling four phoenix birds, peonies and clouds, ocean and waved on rust colourd ground. Bordered by 2 concentric borders with black ground and blue satin stitch sild embroideries depicting butterflies, plum blossom, peonies. Some decay of blue thread

  • Place
    China
  • Accession Number
    1966.181
  • Other Id

    T36 (textile)

  • Department

    Applied Arts and Design

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