Hanging
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Flying phoenix holding curving sprays of tree peony in deep blue cut velvet on a rectangular foundation of tarnished gold. Border of stylized lotus and leaves reserved in gold on deep blue cut velvet ground. Narrow horizontal panel overlaid across top with two vertical pleats. Circular dragon medallions flanking lobed central medallion with lucky monogram. Faced with blue cotton.
place: label: made in
content: China
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1955-67-2
objectType: label: Type
content: woven textiles
label: Type
content: Hanging
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, gilded paper, cotton lining Technique: cut velvet
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 90 x 89 cm (35 7/16 x 35 1/16 in.)