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bed sheet
19th century
The curtain is assembled from three pieces of red silk satin each with polychrome weft patterns. Two pieces are full width fabrics and one piece is cut to half width. The patterning is composed of s...
dragon robe fabric
late 19th century
This item is assembled from two square pieces of silk brocade with a red ground and polychrome weft patterns. On each of the pieces there is a five clawed dragon circling a flaming pearl. The dragon...
panel of silk brocade
19th century
This is a piece of polychrome Yun brocade produced in Nanjing. It has a golden yellow satin ground with polychrome weft patterning of large cranes with peach or linzhi twigs held in their beaks. Aro...
panel of silk brocade
19th century
This item is another example of Zuanghua satin with a dark blue ground and polychrome weft patterns. The pattern is composed of part of a large dragon motif. The border is made of plain white silk s...