Fragment
19th century (made)
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Fragment of white silk satin, embroidered with colour silks. The design is composed of flowering orchids and flying butterflies.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Satin silk with embroidery in silks |
| Brief description | Fragment, satin silk with embroidery in silks, China, Qing dynasty, 19th century |
| Physical description | Fragment of white silk satin, embroidered with colour silks. The design is composed of flowering orchids and flying butterflies. |
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| Gallery label | EMBROIDERY
CHINESE (Ch'ing dynasty);
18th-19th century.
Embroidered in silk on satin, in satin and split stitches. |
| Object history | Purchased from Mr. P. Kierulff (Villa Peking, Hellerup, Denmark), accessioned in 1901. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. One of a pair, with 1636A-191. Two strips stitched together when acquired. Purchased, £4 (1635 to 1641-191). Registered File number 31783/191. |
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| Accession number | 1636-1901 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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