Antique Chinese silk textile featuring hand embroidered butterflies and floral sprays on a coral red damask ground with a shaped blue silk border. Framed in a warm burl wood tone frame with an Asian inspired brass hanging mount.
Details
- Origin: China
- Period: Likely late Qing to early Republic era
- Date: Approximately 1890 to 1930
- Material: Silk textile and silk embroidery
- Ground: Coral red patterned silk damask
- Border: Shaped blue silk
- Decoration: Hand embroidered flowers butterflies and foliage
- Motifs: Three circular butterfly and floral medallions with scattered floral sprays
- Colors: Coral red blue green cream black and muted gold
- Construction: Multiple silk sections joined and mounted as decorative textile art
- Frame: Warm burl wood tone frame with narrow metallic inner trim
- Hanger: Asian inspired brass tone decorative hanger plus rear wire
- Overall dimensions: Approximately 28 x 22.5 inches
- Orientation: Vertical
- Markings: None visible
Condition
Antique condition with fading, discoloration, scattered spotting and age related wear. Red silk has visible vertical splitting near the upper left and other areas of weakening. Blue silk shows fading and staining. Frame has scratches, separation, veneer loss and edge wear. Textile remains visually strong and displays well.
Collector Appeal
Excellent decorative presence with authentic aged silk, unusual coral and blue color combination and finely worked butterfly and floral imagery.
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