Blue tribute silk of royal blue silk damask with large Chinese character (Wan Shou) in a medallion
- Title
- Blue tribute silk of royal blue silk damask with large Chinese character (Wan Shou) in a medallion
- LC Subject
- textiles (visual works)
- Donor
- McGinnis, Dorothy E.
- Description
- Blue tribute silk of royal blue silk damask with large Chinese character (Wan Shou) in a medallion; the wan shou character is a combination of the swastika and shou character meaning long life, ten thousand fold.
- Motif
- Wan Shou
- Work Type
- Textile Panel
- Location
- People's Republic of China
- Date
- 1701/1800
- Identifier
- 1967.002.012
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Silk
- Technique
- Damask weave
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Note
- From record: The people paid their taxes either in rice or in tribute silk. The silk would be in either black or blue and was used for men's coats. Providence Peiping, China.
