Antique Chinese Textiles - 1

    from the collection of MARLA MALLETT: TEXTILES
Intricate Chinese textile art ranges from large silk embroidered wall hangings and table frontals to small, intimate panels. Naturalistically drawn subjects appear, as well as elegantly conventionalized floral and animal forms replete with religious symbolism. Details appear below. 
Go to Chinese Costumes for robes, jackets, skirts, lotus shoes, hats and other costume pieces. Or take a look at Chinese Minority Textiles for old Miao, Yao, Zhuang, Gejia and other textiles from Southwest China.  

For more Oriental textile art see Japanese Textiles, Japanese Kimono, and Japanese Obi. Go to our HOME page for textiles from other parts of the world.

 Click on the inventory numbers below to see the complete textiles and large detail photos. 

Pair of Rank Badges
Paradise Flycatcher - Ninth Rank
China. Circa 1870
Each:  11"x 12"
Gold, silver and silk embroidery
E-8037
E-8038


Throne Back Cushion Cover
China. Circa 1890
23"x 15"
Gold couching on black silk
E-5181


K'o-ssu Panel
China. Late 19th century
14"x 51"
Silk tapestry
W-7643

Pair of Civil Rank Badges
Wild Goose - Fourth Rank
China. 1870-1890
Each: 11"x 11"
Silk and gold embroidery on silk
E-6970
E-6971


Embroidered Panel
China. Mid 19th century
15"x 31"
Gold and silver couching on silk satin
E-7117

Embroidered Panel
China. Circa 1890
19½"x 38½"
Silk embroidery on silk gauze
E-5551

Pair of Child's Civil Rank Badges
Egret - Sixth Rank
China. 19th century
Each: 8½"x 9"
Silk embroidery
E-7842
E-7843


Ko'ssu Tapestry
China. 19th century
12"x 36"
Silk slit-tapestry
W-2557


Embroidered Panel
China. 19th century
20"x 30"
Silk and metallic embroidery on silk
satin
E-7836


Embroidered Panel
China. Circa 1880-1890
16½"x 56"
Silk and gold embroidery on silk
E-8026

Pair of Sleeve Bands
China.  19th century
Each: 3½"x 22"
Figured silk with silk embroidery
and gold couching
E-4178
E-4179


Dragon Court Badge
China. Mid 19th century
9"diameter (13"with border)
Silk and gold embroidery on silk
E-5566


Hanging with Peacocks
China.  Early 20th century
43"x 73"
Silk damask, embroidered with silver,
gold, and silk.
E-7702


Altar Frontal
China. Circa 1860
33"x 74"
Silk and gold embroidery
on silk satin
E-8060


Brocaded Purse Panels
China. 1990s
11"x 25"
Silk brocading on silk satin
W-5556


Embroidered Panels
China.  Circa 1900
26"x 38½"
Silk embroidery on silk satin
E-7835


Art Deco Embroidery
China. 1930s
23½"x 27"
Silver and gold metallic yarns couched 
on black silk satin
E-7108


Skirt Panel
China. 19th century
10½"x 32"
Silk embroidery on silk satin
E-7082


Embroidered Hanging
China. 1920s
39½"x 60"
Satin-stitch embroidery on silk satin
E-6993


Embroidered Panel
China.  Late 19th century
26"x 11½"
Silk satin stitch and gold couching on 
silk satin
E-805


Pair of Embroidered Sleeve Bands
China. Circa 1860
Each 3½"x 21"
Silk and gold metallic embroidery
E-8050
E-8051


Dragon Panel
China.  Late 19th century
2'6"x 7'4"
Silk and gold brocading on silk
W-5189

Civil Rank Badge
Third Rank, Peacock
China. Circa 1880
11½"diameter
Silk and gold embroidery on silk 
gauze
E-5338


Valance with the Immortals
China. 19th century
13½"x 14'
Silk and metallic embroidery on silk 
satin.
E-5309

Civil Rank Badge
Ninth Rank, Paradise Flycatcher
China. After 1850
11½"x 11½"
Silver and gold couched metallics
E-4384

Go to:  

 Chinese Textiles - 2
Chinese Textiles - 3
Chinese Minority Textiles
Chinese Costumes
Japanese Textiles
Japanese Kimono and Obi

Or:  

 A Few References
I have started a section on Embroidery Techniques;  first is a page illustrating the often confused Seed Stitch ("Forbidden Stitch") and Peking Stitch. 


 


 
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