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Ceremonial Hanging or Covercover: first third 20th century; textiles: late 19th century

Not on view
Square textile panel covered with real peacock feathers arranged in a radiating pattern over a salmon-pink silk ground, framed by a wide dark brown border with gold floral motifs

Unknown, Ceremonial Hanging or Cover, cover: first third 20th century; textiles: late 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Miss Bella Mabury, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Ceremonial Hanging or Cover
Place Made
Tibet
Date Made
cover: first third 20th century; textiles: late 19th century
Medium
Silk, metallic and peacock feather filament-wrapped threads; embroidery and appliqué, satin-weave damask, and supplementary weft on satin-weave ground
Dimensions
36 3/4 × 36 5/8 in. (93.35 × 93.03 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Bella Mabury
Accession Number
M.39.2.63
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.
  • Pal, Pratapaditya. Art of Tibet. Expanded edition. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1990.