Valance for altar frontal
1880s
Object PlaceChina
Medium/TechniqueSilk satin ground embroidered with silk and couched with gold-wrapped thread
Dimensions34.3 x 90 cm (13 1/2 x 35 7/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.3977
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTextiles
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
late 18th century
Late 19th century
late 19th century
18th or 19th century
late 19th century, made from 17th century fabric
late 18th century
late 18th century
19th century
1850s
1880s
mid-19th century