Altar frontal
1800–50
Object PlaceChina
Medium/TechniqueSilk, voided velvet; cut-pile on a twill-weave ground with gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in twill-weave
Dimensions86.4 x 106.7 cm (34 x 42 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number24.96
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTextiles
Collections
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA in 1924
19th century
second half of 19th century
second quarter of 19th century
second half of 19th century
about 1900
17th or 18th century
17th or 18th century
17th or 18th century
first quarter 18th century
19th century
late 18th to early 19th century
second quarter of 19th century