Altar frontal
second quarter of 19th century
Object PlaceChina
Medium/TechniqueSilk, voided velvet, cut pile with twill-weave ground, gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in twill-weave
Dimensions178 x 196.2 cm (70 1/16 x 77 1/4 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number31.561
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTextiles
Collections
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; Gift from Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA, September 3, 1931
19th century
second half of 19th century
1800–50
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