EXCEPTIONAL GOLD & SILK EMBROIDERED BED CURTAIN, CHINA, MID 19TH C

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  • Lot: 221
  • April 16th, 2025 - Brooklyn Museum Textiles & Designer Couture Sale
  • Bellows Falls, Vermont
2-pc bed hanging hand embroidered w/ gold couched thread & brass bezel set mirrors on teal patterned silk ground, both w/ cream silk borders finely embroidered in satin stitch w/ butterfly, phoenix, bird & various floral motifs, inserted rose silk satin border w/ hexagonal & circular mirrors: 1 valence panel w/ entwined celestial dragon motif & 1 bed curtain panel w/ phoenix, bird, floral & arboreal motifs, 25” x 73” & 74” x 75”, (broad discoloration to blue silk esp. larger piece, moderate mirror tarnish & loss esp. at border, many tiny-0.25” holes & few 0.5”-1” tears, pulls & minor tarnish to metallic threads, shatter & discoloration/tarnish to border trim, top unfinished & slightly uneven) Fair-good.

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  • Price Realized: $ 1125
  • Category: Ethnic Textiles
  • Era: 1950-1967

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