Unknown Artist
Fabric with Checkerboard Pattern and Symbols
1866-1932
Scroll
Unknown Artist
Fabric with Checkerboard Pattern and Symbols
1866-1932
Physical Qualities
Silk, 28 3/4 × 28 3/4 in. (73 × 73 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cameron Slack, Gibson Island, Maryland
Object Number
2002.107
A square silk panel consisting of a top layer with checkerboard pattern featuring designs in contrasting colors created by alternating colors or warps and wefts. Warp threads are arranged in 2 inch wide bands in the following colors: green, light blue, purple, white, medium blue, yellow, medium blue, pink, green, light blue, purple, white, medium blue, yellow, medium blue, pink. Weft threads are arranged in 1-3.4 inch bands in the following colors: medium blue, yellow, dark blue, white, purple, light blue, green, pink, medium blue, green, dark blue, white, purple, light blue, green, pink, medium blue. This fabric is hand sewn to a pink silk lining, creating a finished square panel of unknown use.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2002; Mr. and Mrs. Cameron Slack, Gibson Island, Maryland, by inheritance; collected in the early 1920s by Dr. and Mrs. Henry Slack when they lived in China
Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, Christie's, New York, 3/22/2007, sale 1814, lot 469; A bolt of multi-colored silk brocade, late 19th century, the brightly colored silk intricately woven with a geometric design, each square with an auspicious pattern; 76 x 44o cm. Unsold on estimate of $2,500-3,500
Maker
Unknown Artist
2000-01-01 00:00:00–2000-01-01 00:00:00
