Altar frontal
late 19th century
Object PlaceChina
Medium/TechniqueSilk satin ground with silk and gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in twill-weave; top: silk satin embroidered with silk
Dimensions184.5 x 97 cm (72 5/8 x 38 3/16 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number11.116
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTextiles
Collections
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; Gift from Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA on March 2, 1911
19th century
18th or 19th century
late 18th or early 19th century
late 18th or early 19th century
18th or 19th century
first quarter of the 18th century
early 19th century
18th or 19th century