Physical description
Shawl.Rectangular shape.White silk crepe ground embroidered with twisted coloured silks; knotted fringe at either end. The embroidery fills the ends, and forms a complete border to the shawl; the rest of the fabric is left plain, except for a few floral sprigs at wide intervals. The pattern represents lotuses, peonies, hydrangeas and other flowers, arranged in plant form at the ends and in continuous wavy stems in the border. One side is now rather faded up.
Unhemmed loom-width of plain weave silk embroidered in coloured silks. Double sided.
Place of Origin
China (made)
Date
1810-1840s (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown
Materials and Techniques
Silk crepe embroidered with coloured silks; knotted fringe
Dimensions
Length: 118 in, Width: 23 in
Object history note
Formerly the property of Duchess of Kent (d. 1861).
Registered File number 1924/5971.
Descriptive line
Silk crepe embroidered with coloured silks; knotted fringe, China, Qing dynasty, 1810-1840s
Materials
Silk (textile); Silk thread
Techniques
Weaving; Embroidered; Knotting
Subjects depicted
Flowers
Categories
Textiles; Clothing; Accessories; Embroidery; Women's clothes
Collection
East Asia Collection