Temple Hanging

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Temple Hanging

Central Tibet, Lhasa, Norbulinga Palace, 1940
Textiles; Furnishing
Silk satin, silk satin with gilt-paper-strip supplementary weft patterning, silk satin with gilt-paper-wrapped-silk supplementary weft patterning, silk satin with silk and gilt-paper-strip supplementary weft patterning, silk and metallic twill, and silk satin with metallic-thread supplementary weft patterning bound in plain weave (lampas) appliqués, with pearls
Height: 60 in. (152.4 cm); Length (bottom): 560 in. (1422.4 cm); Length (top): 510 in. (1295.4 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Coburn (M.78.74)
Costume and Textiles
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Pal, Pratapaditya.  Art of Tibet.  Los Angeles; Berkeley, CA:  Los Angeles County Museum of Art; University of California Press, 1983.
  • Pal, Pratapaditya. Art of Tibet. Expanded edition. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1990.