Physical description Cushion cover of blue silk satin, embroidered with coloured silks. The design is composed of a close arrangement of conventional peony stems in the midst of which is a basket containing peaches and the sacred fungus. The border is of floral stems and bats. Place of Origin China (made) Date before 1901 (made) Artist/maker Unknown Materials and Techniques Satin silk with embroidery in silks Dimensions Length: 34.5 in, Width: 23.5 cm Object history note Purchased. Registered File number 31783/1901. Descriptive line Cushion cover, satin silk with embroidery in silks, China Materials Silk (textile); Silk thread Techniques Embroidered; Satin weave Subjects depicted Baskets; Magic fungus; Bats; Peonies Categories Textiles; Embroidery Collection East Asia Collection
Physical description Cushion cover of blue silk satin, embroidered with coloured silks. The design is composed of a close arrangement of conventional peony stems in the midst of which is a basket containing peaches and the sacred fungus. The border is of floral stems and bats. Place of Origin China (made) Date before 1901 (made) Artist/maker Unknown Materials and Techniques Satin silk with embroidery in silks Dimensions Length: 34.5 in, Width: 23.5 cm Object history note Purchased. Registered File number 31783/1901. Descriptive line Cushion cover, satin silk with embroidery in silks, China Materials Silk (textile); Silk thread Techniques Embroidered; Satin weave Subjects depicted Baskets; Magic fungus; Bats; Peonies Categories Textiles; Embroidery Collection East Asia Collection