Valance depicting a marriage procession

Details

• Title

  Valance depicting a marriage procession

• Associated place

  Asia › China › Sichuan province › Chengdu (find spot)

  Asia › China › Sichuan province (place of creation)

• Date

  c. 1930

• Material and technique

  cotton, embroidered with dark-blue thread; cotton border, dyed blue; brown braid; with additional stitching in turquoise thread

• Material index

  organic › vegetal › fibre › cotton;

  organic › animal › animal product › silk

• Technique index

  woven;

  dyed;

  needleworked › embroidered;

  plaited;

  needleworked › stitched

• Object type

  textile;

  furniture/furnishings › furnishing › valance

• Dimensions

  36.5 x 190 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Dr Bertha Hensman, 1991.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1991.80

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