Cushion Cover
20th century (made)
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Large cushion with a removable cushion cover fastened with press studs.
On the front, the cushion cover is made from a piece of silk with a large-scale lotus scroll pattern in various colours and flat silver thread against a cream satin ground. The reverse is made from an unpatterned piece of cream satin. About a third of the way down the back a woven inscription has been inserted. This inscription, in flat silver thread, probably came from the loom end of the patterned silk on the front of the cushion.
This is not a traditionally Chinese way of making cushions.
On the front, the cushion cover is made from a piece of silk with a large-scale lotus scroll pattern in various colours and flat silver thread against a cream satin ground. The reverse is made from an unpatterned piece of cream satin. About a third of the way down the back a woven inscription has been inserted. This inscription, in flat silver thread, probably came from the loom end of the patterned silk on the front of the cushion.
This is not a traditionally Chinese way of making cushions.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Satin weave silk with a brocaded polychrome design |
Brief description | Cushion with removable cover, cream silk satin with a brocaded polychrome design, China, 20th century |
Physical description | Large cushion with a removable cushion cover fastened with press studs. On the front, the cushion cover is made from a piece of silk with a large-scale lotus scroll pattern in various colours and flat silver thread against a cream satin ground. The reverse is made from an unpatterned piece of cream satin. About a third of the way down the back a woven inscription has been inserted. This inscription, in flat silver thread, probably came from the loom end of the patterned silk on the front of the cushion. This is not a traditionally Chinese way of making cushions. |
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Marks and inscriptions | 'duan zhuang ji ben xing yuan zhang'
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Gallery label | When Sir John had these cushion covers made up he was careful to preserve the inscriptions. He had the woven characters incorporated into the back of each cover. Although the patterned satin on the front of each cushion is different, both inscriptions are the same.
The inscription gives the type of silk and the name of the workshop. It does not indicate a geographical region of China nor does it give a date. This is the format of most inscriptions woven across the ends of the silk lengths in this exhibition. |
Credit line | Addis Bequest |
Object history | Registered File number 1965/3344. One of a pair with FE.137-1983. |
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Accession number | FE.137A-1983 |
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Record created | February 12, 2000 |
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