Coverlet, 17th century, Chinese, for the European market, Silk satin, embroidered with silk and gilt-paper-wrapped thread, H. 84 x W. 79 inches (213.4 x 200.7 cm), Textiles-Embroidered, This Chinese coverlet reflects the novelty that comes from artistic exchange. The central roundel composition surrounded by one or more borders appears in domestic kang (daybed) covers, and the imagery—including dragons flanking a flaming jewel and Chinese-style corner lions—is typically Chinese
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Coverlet, 17th century, Chinese, European market, Silk satin, embroidered, silk, gilt-paper-wrapped thread, H, 84 x W, 79 inches, 213.4 200.7 cm, Textiles-Embroidered, coverlet, reflects, novelty, comes, artistic exchange, central roundel, composition, surrounded, borders, domestic kang, daybed, covers, imagery— dragons, flanking, flaming jewel, Chinese-style corner, lions—, typically
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