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Textile:
ITC 2010.710

mid 20th-late 20th Century

Length of weft-faced silk (or synthetic silk) brocade depicting a woman in a robe decorated with chrysanthemums, blossom and other flowers on a red ground, a green waistband has a design of linked gem...

Textile:
ITC 2010.708

late 20th-early 21st Century

Length of silk brocade depicting a repeating pattern of tigers and phoenixes in white and red within green roundels on a red background, between the roundels are running deer and horses. The tiger an...

Textile:
ITC 2010.709

late 20th-early 21st Century

Length of warp-faced silk brocade depicting a repeating pattern of six-petalled flowers surrounded by pendants and small birds. The design evokes the harmony of of bird song and the sound produced by...

Textile:
ITC 705

late 20th-early 21st Century

The pattern on this piece of fabric is a reproduction of a mediaeval textile. It consists of round medallion shapes depicting a man riding a winged horse, who is killing a lion with a bow and arrow. ...