Textile panel of woven silk and metallic threads in K'o-ssu tapestry weave with a warrior riding on a horse with a spear and another figure with his arms raised appearing to cheer him on; mountain landscape; flower at the top; colors of medium blue, green, peach, and grey; panel is trimmed with a band of black cotton. The word Kesi translates to "cut silk" as the separate areas of color are woven into the warp with separate bobbins of thread. This hand-weaving technique requires a great deal of precision and patience. The final piece is lightweight and if done with skill has the same finish on both sides. Most of these Kesi Tapestries are of pictorial scenes, some are copies of paintings, which are first brush sketched onto the warp threads then woven. More information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%27o-ssu
Wall Hanging of K'o-ssu or Kesi tapestry of woven silk and metallic threads showing two men playing a game with rackets with a branch with flowers at the top; trimmed with a band of black cotton. From Wikipedia: "K'ossu" means "cut silk", a name that comes from the appearance of cut threads created by the use of color in the pictorial designs typical of the style (often copies of famous paintings). Unlike continuous weft brocade, in k'ossu each color area was woven from a separate bobbin, making the style both technically demanding and time-consuming.
Wall hanging of royal blue silk satin with couched metallic threads anchored with red silk in design of large 5-clawed imperial dragon with an all-over pattern combined with emblems; Shou; bat; flowers; border of 1 1/4" width of white satin embroidered with colorful silks in floral design with swastikas and gold couched threads; backed on white cotton.
Wall hanging woven brocaded silk in the "Hundred Babies" design to symbolize fertility; rows of figures with trees, cranes, and horned deer in various color schemes are bordered at the top and bottom with designs of dragons and phoenix in a yin-yang form implying "greatest happiness" and other emblems; silk ground of grayish green silk satin; backed on yellow silk.
