Lot 538
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A HORIZONTAL PANEL OF NEEDLELOOP AND COUCHED CORD EMBROIDERY
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A HORIZONTAL PANEL OF NEEDLELOOP AND COUCHED CORD EMBROIDERY

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A HORIZONTAL PANEL OF NEEDLELOOP AND COUCHED CORD EMBROIDERY
worked with dragons and sea monsters rising from a sea wave border of green satin, with phoenix above and five coloured clouds above, against a yellow satin ground with couched gilt thread diaper, with gilt paper beneath the looped areas and borders, possibly early Qing, 18th century--31in. (79cm) x 10.5in. (27cm.); and a kesi roundel woven with a shou character
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Lot Essay

See The Asian Embroidery Technique : Detached Looping by Milton
Sontag and Lucy Maitland, published in Orientations, August 1989, for a discussion of the techniques and suggested dating of 14th century needlelooping.

See also The Amy S Clague Collection of Chinese Textiles, Weaving China's Past, Phoenix Art Museum, Catalogue No 23, for a discussion of Qing needlelooping.

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