Furniture Cover with Pattern of Flowers and Sonorous Stones
This embroidered textile may have served as a table covering. At the center of the piece is a large, round, full-face flower surrounded by four flowers in profile with scrolling stems that sit in a geometric field. That field, in turn, has a wide border that repeats the theme of large flowers in profile and scrolling stems. Four sonorous stones and clusters of small, red nandina berries are also found in the border.
As with the needlepoint embroidery practiced today, the embroidery stitches of this textile completely cover the foundation cloth, a yellow silk gauze.
As with the needlepoint embroidery practiced today, the embroidery stitches of this textile completely cover the foundation cloth, a yellow silk gauze.
Artwork Details
- Title: Furniture Cover with Pattern of Flowers and Sonorous Stones
- Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
- Date: early 18th century
- Culture: China
- Medium: Silk embroidery on simple gauze silk
- Dimensions: Overall: 47 1/4 x 39 1/2 in. (120.02 x 100.33 cm)
- Classification: Textiles-Embroidered
- Credit Line: Gift of Lewis Einstein, 1954
- Object Number: 54.14.3
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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China
17th–18th century
China
17th century
China
17th–18th century
China
first half 18th century
Wang Hui
datable to 1698
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