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Textile Fragment

ca. 1870 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Suzhou (made)

Fragment of figured silk. The pattern includes some of the eight Buddhist emblems of Happy Augury – including a knot and a fish. The ground is an extended plain weave (Louisine) with the pattern of floating warps in irregular satin. Self-patterning. Similar to 4.5. Selvedge on one side. The warp is x-ply with slight Z twist; pink; double; approx. 64 ends cm. The weft is x-ply with no evidence of twist; blue; thick; approx. 28 picks cm. Selvedge on one side. Similar to FEC.LOST 98/15/4.5.


Object details

Category
Textiles
Object type
Textile fragment
Materials and techniques
woven silk
Silk (Textile)
Weaving
Dyeing
Brief description
Fragment of Chinese woven silk, pink and blue, made in Suzhou, ca. 1870
Physical description
Fragment of figured silk. The pattern includes some of the eight Buddhist emblems of Happy Augury – including a knot and a fish. The ground is an extended plain weave (Louisine) with the pattern of floating warps in irregular satin. Self-patterning. Similar to 4.5. Selvedge on one side. The warp is x-ply with slight Z twist; pink; double; approx. 64 ends cm. The weft is x-ply with no evidence of twist; blue; thick; approx. 28 picks cm. Selvedge on one side. Similar to FEC.LOST 98/15/4.5.
Dimensions
  • Height: 147mm
  • Width: 147mm
Gallery label
Figured silk with design including some of the eight Buddhist emblems of Happy Augury. Chinese (Soochow): about 1870. The warp threads are purple and the woof is blue.
Summary
Fragment of figured silk. The pattern includes some of the eight Buddhist emblems of Happy Augury – including a knot and a fish. The ground is an extended plain weave (Louisine) with the pattern of floating warps in irregular satin. Self-patterning. Similar to 4.5. Selvedge on one side. The warp is x-ply with slight Z twist; pink; double; approx. 64 ends cm. The weft is x-ply with no evidence of twist; blue; thick; approx. 28 picks cm. Selvedge on one side. Similar to FEC.LOST 98/15/4.5.
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
FEC.LOST 98/15/4.4

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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