A descriptive catalogue of the Chinese Collection now exhibiting at St. George's Place, Hyde Park Corner, London : with condensed accounts of the genius, government, history, literature, agriculture, arts, trade, manners, customs and social life of the people of the celestial empire (1842)
Langdon, William B · London : Printed for the proprietor, and to be obtained only at the Chinese Collection · leaf 108
A large porcelain dish on a stand, containing two specimens of enamel, in imitation of the Pekin peaches. 906. Lamp carried on the shoulders of a bearer in marriage proces- sions. 907. Lamp pole for the above. 908 & 909. Splendid specimens of embroidery, worked by men, as isoften the case in… … CHINESE LANTERN. 93 914 & 915. Ingeniously worked silk tassels, attached to bed hangings.916. On the bottom of this case is spread a Chinese carpet, being a specimen of their few woollen manufactures. The pattern is printed similar to our druggets.From the ceding of this case is suspended a…
Art objects, Chinese
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