Object details
Accession number
CR4
Primary Creator
Chinese
Full title
Chair Cover
Creation Date
1750-1850
Description
Animals, Birds, Floral
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
Dimensions
160 x 50.8 cm (63 x 20 in.)
Display Media
Silk, satin embroidered with satin stitches and silk and gilt yarns
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Permanent Gallery Location
Chinese Room
Bibliography
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 6. (as possibly "Embroidered Hangings from the Winter Palace, Pekin")
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), p. 199, no. 182.
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