Unknown Artist
Teal Gauze Fabric with Longevity and Happiness Symbols
1879-1929
Scroll
Unknown Artist
Teal Gauze Fabric with Longevity and Happiness Symbols
1879-1929
Physical Qualities
Silk, 158 × 30 3/4 in. (401.3 × 78.1 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cameron Slack, Gibson Island, Maryland
Object Number
2002.105
A length of teal or blue-green silk gauze with a woven pattern of longevity medallion and bats (happiness). Both selvages are present; top and bottom edges are cut.
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
Wilson, Verity. Chinese Textiles: Victoria and Albert Museum. Far Eastern Series. London: V&A Publications, 2005, pp. 43-44, fig. 45.
Maker
Unknown Artist
2000-01-01 00:00:00–2000-01-01 00:00:00
