Altar valance
mid 18th century
Object PlaceChina
Medium/TechniqueSilk slit tapestry (kesi); border: silk satin with gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in twill-weave
Dimensions44 x 147 cm (17 5/16 x 57 7/8 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number15.587
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Collections
19th century
18th and 19th centuries
late 18th or early 19th century
1984
19th century
19th century
19th century
18th or 19th century
early 19th century
19th century
19th century
early 19th century