Asian ➔ Tapestry
Identifier:
146080
Description:
Dark blue silk with an abstraction of a seaside landscape and a 2'' black and blue floral border. The majority of the surface area is taken by embroidered flowers, butterflies and organic lines in shades of blue (which occur in the large sky of the seaside landscape). The tops of two buildings (with clouds)/or crests of two waves to the border of the tapestry is 12'' high. At the base of these buildings/or waves are plants and large snails. Below the aforementioned are waves. The foreground layer of the seascape is the body of water. In the water are pink plants and pink fish/or crustaceans.
Date:
circa 1920
Materials:
Embroidered, Silk, Cotton
Dimensions:
51" h 57" w
Current Location Status:
In Storage
Source:
Gift Of Baloyan, Mary
Related Entity:
Baloyan, Mary (donor)
Related Place:
China
