Chinese silk sample with four-clawed dragon

An image of Textiles. Sample. Unknown maker, China. Four-clawed dragon and some of the "Eight Precious Objects" - books, gong, fan, clouds. Brown silk satin with polychrome silk and metallic thread brocading. Silk satin; whole; with polychrome silk and metallic thread brocading, length, whole, 57 cm, width, whole, 38 circa 1700-circa 1799, in 17th century style. Acquisition Credit: Given by Mrs. Soame Jenyns, in accordance with the wishes of her late husband, Soame Jenyns.

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Textiles. Sample. Unknown maker, China. Four-clawed dragon and some of the "Eight Precious Objects" - books, gong, fan, clouds. Brown silk satin with polychrome silk and metallic thread brocading. Silk satin; whole; with polychrome silk and metallic thread brocading, length, whole, 57 cm, width, whole, 38 circa 1700-circa 1799, in 17th century style. Acquisition Credit: Given by Mrs. Soame Jenyns, in accordance with the wishes of her late husband, Soame Jenyns.

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Accession Number: T.11-1977
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 747 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 124.85kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1

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18th Century brocade brocading Chinese clouds dragons Fitz_AA metal metallic polychrome precious precious objects satin silk silks textile

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