Panel
ca. 1810 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Silk textiles decorated by painting were imported to Britain and elsewhere in the West from China during the 18th and 19th centuries. They were used as furnishing fabrics and as dress material. The designs and colours were thought to appeal to Westerners, but this type of textile was not used by the Chinese themselves. This piece has survived unused.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Plain-weave silk with hand-painted decoration |
| Brief description | Panel, cream-coloured plain-weave silk with hand-painted floral design, China, Qing dynasty, Jiaqing period, ca. 1810 |
| Physical description | Panel of cream-coloured woven silk, with a red selvage. It is hand-painted with detached bunches of flowers in bright colours. |
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| Credit line | Given by J. Gordon Deedes |
| Object history | T.121-1933 and T.122-1933 were said by the donor to have been captured in a French privateer. Registered File number 1933/3669. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | Silk textiles decorated by painting were imported to Britain and elsewhere in the West from China during the 18th and 19th centuries. They were used as furnishing fabrics and as dress material. The designs and colours were thought to appeal to Westerners, but this type of textile was not used by the Chinese themselves. This piece has survived unused. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.122-1933 |
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| Record created | February 12, 2003 |
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