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Hanging with Lantern Design
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Hanging with Lantern Design

CultureChinese
Date15th-16th century
MediumSilk and metallic thread brocade
DimensionsOverall: 77 × 49 1/2 inches (195.58 × 125.73 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: acquired through the bequest of Mrs. Jacob L. Loose from Charlotte Horstmann, Ltd.
Object number70-28/1
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DescriptionTwo panels are sewn together. Used in Lantern Festival.Gallery Label
This brightly colored hanging consists of two panels sewn together. The panels may have belonged to a larger set of wall decorations or furniture covers. The elaborate lanterns at the center of each panel - along with flowers, corals, jewels, and clouds - signify wealth and happiness. This type of wall hanging (depicted in the upper right of the image below) decorated upper-class homes during the Lantern Festival. Many Asian people still honor the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day after Lunar New Year by displaying elaborate luminaries in public spaces.
Provenance

Charlotte Horstmann Ltd., before 1970

Purchased from Charlotte Horstmann Ltd. by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1970.

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