Table Cover Fashioned from Chinese Brocade

19th century

  • Titles Table Cover Fashioned from Chinese Brocade (Descriptive)
  • Medium satin
  • Dimensions 32 3/4 x 61 in. (83.2 x 154.9 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ireland, AFI.19.1982.45
  • Work Type table cover
  • Classification Furnishings and Equipment

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