Textiles
From lavishly-embroidered court robes to fine silk curtains protecting miniature paintings, a surprising variety of textiles can be found in the Chester Beatty collection. While more decorative fabrics were employed for book covers and scroll mounts, artists across Asia also used plain silk and cotton for painting.
Fish among aquatic plants painted on silk
late 16th or early 17th century
China
CBL C 1140
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Blue silk dragon robe
1850-1900
China
CBL C 10531 / 9
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Child's tiger hat
19th or early 20th century
China
CBL C 32032 / 9
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Embroidered silk binding, Book of Common Prayer and administration of sacraments
published by Oxford University Press
Oxford (England)
CBL BB6653 / 9
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Fish among aquatic plants painted on silk
late 16th or early 17th century
China
CBL C 11404 / 9
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Mandala of the lion-headed dakini painted on cotton
19th century
Tibet
CBL Tb 18585 / 9
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Protective silk curtain
Psalter
after 1235
Augsburg (Germany)
CBL W 0406 / 9
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Purple velvet binding, Gospel Book
late 11th or early 12th century
Byzantine Empire
CBL W 1397 / 9
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Velvet-covered slip-case with metal-wrapped thread
for a Qur’an
1558
Turkey
CBL Is 15308 / 9
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Velvet panel
1600-1650
possibly Iran
CBL Is Tx29 / 9
