Pair Fine Silk Embroidered Hanging Panels: C19th China

Item Details.
Dating from the late 19th century, an extraordinary pair of very fine museum worthy gilt and silk embroidered hangings from China.

Hand worked onto a cream silk satin ground and covered with hand embroidered children at play, dancing, playing musical instruments, performing acrobatics and carrying a long dragon.

Fully lined in a pale turquoise silk brocade. The ends of the panles are finished with a chevron of purple silk which has couched metal thread embroidered decoration.

There’s lots of movement and interest in these miniature embroideries and you would never get bored looking at them.

Probably originally made as part of a costume to hang from the waist these panels would look fabulous stretched and mounted and
hung on a wall and would suit a variety of interior settings.

We offer a stretching and mounting service from our dedicated textile conservation studio, please ask us for details.

Measurements.
76cm long
18cm across widest point

Condition: Excellent
In excellent antique condition.
All of the items we sell are antique and as such have all the idiosyncrasies of an old and loved textile, so small marks and signs of wear are to be expected and are an inherent part of their charm.