Table frontal
1700
- Medium
- Medium: silk, metallic yarns Technique: plain weave with discontinuous wefts (tapestry or kesi) Label: silk and metallic tapestry or kesi
- Genre
- Woven textiles
Styles
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Table frontal with a rectangular border at the top and long rounded tabs at the sides. Red-orange silk ground with design of dragons, flowers and symbols in gold and colored silks. The border shows two dragons, figures in a landscape, and cranes. Bound with brocaded ribbon and backed with blue cotton.