Chinese silk fragment with design of lion

An image of Textiles. Fragment. Unknown maker, China. Design of lion (incomplete) and clouds, horn, cash, lozenge, etc. Silk satin, plain green ground; gold metallic thread and silk embroidery - blues, greens, black, yellow, beige and white. Stitches - couching, satin, cross, couched fillings, close herring-bone and raised work. Silk satin; whole; with silk embroidery, length, whole, 26, cm, width, whole, 17.5, cm, circa 1700. Acquisition Credit: Given by Mrs. Soame Jenyns, in accordance with the wishes of her late husband, Soame Jenyns.

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Textiles. Fragment. Unknown maker, China. Design of lion (incomplete) and clouds, horn, cash, lozenge, etc. Silk satin, plain green ground; gold metallic thread and silk embroidery - blues, greens, black, yellow, beige and white. Stitches - couching, satin, cross, couched fillings, close herring-bone and raised work. Silk satin; whole; with silk embroidery, length, whole, 26, cm, width, whole, 17.5, cm, circa 1700. Acquisition Credit: Given by Mrs. Soame Jenyns, in accordance with the wishes of her late husband, Soame Jenyns.

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Accession Number: T.10-1977
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 735 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 177.95kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1

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17th Century Chinese clouds couched couching embroidered embroidery Fitz_AA fragment lions metal metallic raised work satin satin stitch silk silks stitched stitches stitching textile

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