Altar frontal (one of a pair)
second half of 19th century
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
Dimensions104 x 95 cm (40 15/16 x 37 3/8 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number04.1693b
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Not on viewClassificationsTextiles
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ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; Gift from Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA, December 5, 1904
19th century
second half of 19th century
1800–50
second quarter of 19th century
second half of 19th century
about 1900
17th or 18th century
17th or 18th century
17th or 18th century
17th or 18th century
first quarter 18th century
1984