Chinese Antique Embroidered Textile with Counting Stitch Silver Metallic Wrapped Threads Buddhist Auspicious Symbols Cover, Late Qing / Republic Period
apprx. 28 ½" x 29"
Embroidered textile with accenting counting stitch Buddhist' auspicious symbols alternating with dragons with four claws (for Princes of the Blood or High rank Nobility / Emperor's Allies), accented with silver metallic wrapped threads, braided multi color silk cord trim border with eternity knots at the corners. Embroider with silver metallic wrapped silk threads on the back: "Zheng Yuan Xing" (commercial silk-weaving or silk-trading establishment, locally operating looms or weaving of silk fabric).
Condition: Good overall antique condition, some fading, soils, sporadic losses and wear, separations and loose threads, musky odor commensurate with age and use.
apprx. 28 ½" x 29"
Embroidered textile with accenting counting stitch Buddhist' auspicious symbols alternating with dragons with four claws (for Princes of the Blood or High rank Nobility / Emperor's Allies), accented with silver metallic wrapped threads, braided multi color silk cord trim border with eternity knots at the corners. Embroider with silver metallic wrapped silk threads on the back: "Zheng Yuan Xing" (commercial silk-weaving or silk-trading establishment, locally operating looms or weaving of silk fabric).
Condition: Good overall antique condition, some fading, soils, sporadic losses and wear, separations and loose threads, musky odor commensurate with age and use.
