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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 1999.128, Silk samite 59 x 110 cm (23 1/4 x 43 5/16 in.)
 
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 1999.128, Silk samite 59 x 110 cm (23 1/4 x 43 5/16 in.)
  
The object is a silk samite fabric with repeating pattern of parallel rows of pink peonies encircled by scrolling foliage in green and blue on a reddish-orange ground. [1]. The piece is probably a Song or Yuan dynasty (12th–14th century) piece.
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The object is a silk samite fabric with repeating pattern of parallel rows of pink peonies encircled by scrolling foliage in green and blue on a reddish-orange ground. [1]. The piece is probably a Song or Yuan dynasty (12th–14th century) samite.
  
  
[[File:MFA 52.1690.JPG|center|frame|MFA 52.1690 cotton Bedcover © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. ]]
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[[File:MFA 1999.128.JPG|center|frame|MFA 1999.128 Silk samite © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. ]]
  
  
[[File:MFA 52.1690 detail 1.JPG|center|frame|MFA 52.1690 cotton Bedcover, detail © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. ]]
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[[File:MFA 1999.128 detail2.JPG|center|frame|MFA 1999.128 Silk samite, detail © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. ]]
  
 
== Summary of results ==
 
== Summary of results ==
  
[[File:MFA 52.1690 result.JPG|Frame|by Dr. Xian Zhang at Boston University, 2009]]
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[[File:MFA 1999.128 result.JPG|center|frame|MFA 1999.128 Silk samite, China, Analysis result, by Dr. X. Zhang at Boston University, 2009 ]]
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Links to details information of dye sources.
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[http://cameo.mfa.org/wiki/Pagoda_tree_(Styphnolobium_japonicum)_LC Pagoda tree buds]
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[http://cameo.mfa.org/wiki/Madder_(Rubia_tinctorum)_LC Madder root]
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[http://cameo.mfa.org/wiki/Safflower_(Carthamus_tinctorius)_LC Safflower]
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==
  
[1] http://https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/bedcover-124619
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[1] https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/length-of-fabric-128274
  
 
[[Category:Dye Analysis]]
 
[[Category:Dye Analysis]]
 
[[Category:Cultural Artifacts]]
 
[[Category:Cultural Artifacts]]
 
[[Category:Textiles]]
 
[[Category:Textiles]]

Latest revision as of 07:57, 7 September 2022

Artifact Information

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 1999.128, Silk samite 59 x 110 cm (23 1/4 x 43 5/16 in.)

The object is a silk samite fabric with repeating pattern of parallel rows of pink peonies encircled by scrolling foliage in green and blue on a reddish-orange ground. [1]. The piece is probably a Song or Yuan dynasty (12th–14th century) samite.


MFA 1999.128 Silk samite © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.


MFA 1999.128 Silk samite, detail © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Summary of results

MFA 1999.128 Silk samite, China, Analysis result, by Dr. X. Zhang at Boston University, 2009

Links to details information of dye sources.

Pagoda tree buds Madder root Safflower

References

[1] https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/length-of-fabric-128274