A Chinese Silk and Metallic Wedding Embroidery Panel

19th century, a blue silk ground panel embroidered in polychrome and metallic wrapped silk threads, featuring dragon and phoenix roundels, longevity symbols, and a lishui border with a double happiness symbol in shaped reserve, embellished with two brocade borders, framed under glass over a silk linen mat in a giltwood frame.

Frame dimensions 33 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.; Sight size 27 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.

From the Collection of Sylvia Kerckhoff, first female mayor of Durham, North Carolina (1993-1997)

Good estate condition; not examined outside of the frame.