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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
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; Gift from Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA, December 5, 1904
Altar frontal (one of a pair)
second half of 19th century
Altar frontal
1800–50
Altar frontal
second quarter of 19th century
Panel for carpet
second half of 19th century
Fragment of velvet
17th or 18th century
Fragment of velvet
17th or 18th century
Fragment of velvet
17th or 18th century
Fragment of velvet
17th or 18th century
Chair panel
first quarter 18th century