| Object Number | C487 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China |
| Period | Qing Dynasty |
| Date Made | Qing Dynasty |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Satin | Metallic Thread |
| Technique | Embroidered |
| Iconography | Dragons |
| Description | A horizontally oriented rectangular textile on yellow satin with fine embroidery. A border, banded by metallic thread couching, approximately 10 cm in width surrounds all four sides of the textile. A total of 18 embroidered five-clawed dragons, six on the top and bottom border and three on the right and left, run along the border, interspersed with cloud vapors. In the central field, five five-clawed dragons are pictured symmetrically above polychrome waves. The largest dragon is placed in the center, balanced on a rock with a flaming pearl. Each of these dragons has five “pinwheel” style claws. The dragon scales embroidered in metallic thread using a couching stitch. Thread colors include: dark and light blue, red, dark and light pink, four shades of green, navy blue, white, grey. |
| Length | 169.5 cm |
| Width | 74.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from W. G. Moore, 1926 |
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