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Scroll

1894 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
China (made)

Scroll of buff coloured satin embroidered with coloured silks in long and short, satin and stem stitches.

The design comprises the branch of a pine tree with two cranes sitting on it.

The scroll is mounted on white figured silk paper as a hanging scroll.


Object details

Categories
Textiles
Embroidery
Royalty
Wall Coverings
Politics
Object type
Scroll
Materials and techniques
Embroidered satin and silk, paper
Brief description
Hanging scroll of satin embroidered with silk threads, China, 1894
Physical description
Scroll of buff coloured satin embroidered with coloured silks in long and short, satin and stem stitches.

The design comprises the branch of a pine tree with two cranes sitting on it.

The scroll is mounted on white figured silk paper as a hanging scroll.
Dimensions
  • Scroll length: 73in
  • Scroll width: 16.75in
  • Embroidery length: 61in
  • Embroidery width: 13.75in
Marks and inscriptions
  • (Beneath the main seal are two further seals embroidered in red silk )
  • (Beneath the main seal is a poem embroidered in black silk)
  • 慈禧皇太后之寶 (Square seal, embroidered in red silk)
    Translation
    Precious property of the Empress dowager Cixi
    Transliteration
    Cixi huang tai hou zhi bao
  • (In the lower right of the picture is a poem embroidered in black silk)
  • (Two smaller seals to the lower left of the principal seal)
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
T.78-1971

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O498855/scroll-unknown/
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