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Bed Valance1857-1877

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Horizontal textile panel with navy blue resist-dyed or printed designs on ivory ground, featuring stylized phoenix, foo dog, peonies, and cloud forms with lattice-filled interiors, and a dense floral border along the bottom

Unknown, Bed Valance, 1857-1877, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Costume Council Fund, Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Bed Valance
Place Made
China, Szechuan
Date Made
1857-1877
Medium
Cotton plain weave with cotton embroidery
Dimensions
86 × 19 in. (218.44 × 48.26 cm)
Credit Line
Costume Council Fund
Accession Number
M.80.57.1
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Maeder, Edward. 600 Years of Embroidery from the Permanent Collection: 1380-1980. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1982.