Chinese Striped Mushru

Textile

Tracing Patterns Foundation

Name/Title

Chinese Striped Mushru

Entry/Object ID

2023.3.224

Description

This Chinese fabric was favored in Gujarat in the early to mid 1900s. This piece marked “CHAUNG TAI, CANTON CHINA” followed by what appears to be Arabic script was acquired in India in 1975.

Acquisition

Accession

2023.3

Source or Donor

Vickie Elson

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Vickie Elson

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown Maker

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

China

Material

Silk, Cotton

Provenance

Notes

Gift of Vickie Elson. Donated to Tracing Patterns Foundation in 2023.