Physical description
Table hanging and border of red silk satin, embroidered with coloured silks. The design on the hanging is composed of two birds on conventional rocks from which grow peonies and magnolias. The border has a pattern of three baskets of flowers. Round the piece runs a narrow band of inter-scrolls, swastikas and rosettes.
Place of Origin
China (made)
Date
before 1901 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown
Materials and Techniques
Satin silk with embroidery in silks
Object history note
Purchased, £1 10s. (1644 to H-1901 together with 1645 to G-1901). Registered File number 31783/1901.
Descriptive line
Table hanging and border, satin silk with embroidery in silks, China
Materials
Silk (textile); Silk thread
Techniques
Satin weave; Embroidered
Subjects depicted
Flowers; Birds; Swastikas; Rosettes; Scrollwork
Categories
Textiles; Embroidery
Collection
East Asia Collection