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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Chinese, Ch'ing Dynasty
Title:Valence
Date Made:early 19th century
Type:Window Covering
Materials:gold-wrapped orange silk embroidery on silk satin ground (orange warp, tan weft)
Measurements:74 x 15 1/4 in.; 187.96 x 38.735 cm
Accession Number:  AC 1957.84
Credit Line:Gift of Miss Hope Gray
Access Restrictions:Offsite - unavailable
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College

Description:
Valences were used for bed hangings, advertisements, home decoration.

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