Fine ivory (probably originally white) silk plain cloth ground with large lozenges formed by diagonally crossing lines of small green vine with red berries. Large four-petal blossom at each intersection of diagonals. Four different small-scale scenes in center of lozenges. Each has landscape background with figures in traditional Chinese costume. Both selvages present.
Credit: Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
1750-99
Medium: silk Technique: painted and block printed printed on plain weave
1938-57-1280-a,b
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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