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This furniture cover, probably for a seating platform (kang), is embroidered in the border and the field with a generally symmetrical scrolling floral pattern and a large number of tiny bats (a rebus for "blessing"). The design is punctuated with auspicious Buddhist symbols.
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Title: Furniture Cover
Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Date: 18th century
Culture: China
Medium: Silk embroidery on silk satin
Dimensions: Overall: 85 x 40 1/2 in. (215.9 x 102.9 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Embroidered
Credit Line: Anonymous Gift, 1949
Object Number: 49.32.128
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