About the Artwork
Bed Valance
18th or 19th century
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Chinese
Chinese
Foundation fabric: plain weave cotton; fiber: cotton; technique: embroidery, counted thread
Overall: 17 1/2 × 78 inches (44.5 × 198.1 cm) Overall (long borders): 2 1/4 inches (5.7 cm) Overall (end borders): 4 1/2 inches (11.4 cm)
Embroidery
Asian Art
Founders Society Purchase, William C. Yawkey Fund
49.332
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
1949-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Chinese, Bed Valance, 18th or 19th century, foundation fabric: plain weave cotton; fiber: cotton; technique: embroidery, counted thread. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, William C. Yawkey Fund, 49.332.
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