Length of furnishing fabric from Yuanmingyuan
1750–75
Object PlaceChina
Medium/TechniqueSilk voided velvet; cut and uncut pine with satin-weave ground
Dimensions170 x 64 cm (66 15/16 x 25 3/16 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Mrs. Charles Gaston Smith's Group
Accession number41.524
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Not on viewClassificationsTextiles
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ProvenanceAbout 1750-1775, probably made for the Yuanming Yuan ("Old Summer Palace"), Beijing [see note]. 1941, sold by Yamanaka and Company, New York, to the MFA for $115. (Accession Date: June 5, 1941)
NOTE: A comparative fabric is held by the Palace Museum, Beijing; see Empresses and Their Court Arts in the Forbidden City (Sezon Museum of Art, 1997), cat. no. 43.
NOTE: A comparative fabric is held by the Palace Museum, Beijing; see Empresses and Their Court Arts in the Forbidden City (Sezon Museum of Art, 1997), cat. no. 43.
19th century
19th–20th century (?)
1450–1500
late 17th century
18th or 19th century
third quarter 15th century
about 1740–50
about 1600
19th century
first quarter 20th century