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Wedding Festival Hanging

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Wedding Festival Hanging by Unknown Artist shows a dark gray fabric with a repeating pattern of white flowers and birds. The fabric is rectangular and hangs vertically. A top section, approximately one sixth of the image, is folded into four equal horizontal sections with short tabs at the top. The top section contains embroidered designs including curved swords, a bird, a butterfly and a possible human figure. The bottom section, taking up five sixths of the image, contains an embroidered design of a tree with flowers and birds throughout. A white fringe borders the fabric. The overall image is in grayscale with black borders.

Artwork Details

Date
18th century
Medium
Silk and gold
Culture
China
Dimensions
307 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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