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The "Hundred Antiques" in Chinese Textiles
February 8, 2006–July 30, 2006
Florence and Herbert Irving Galleries for Chinese Decorative Arts
The "hundred antiques," a Chinese decorative pattern that can include antiquities, scholars' objects, and three-dimensional decorative arts of all types, became popular during the 17th century. Especially common in the decorative arts of the Qing dynasty (1644–1911), some of the "hundred antiques" were incorporated into patterns of rebuses for auspicious wishes. This installation will highlight examples of dress and furnishing textiles from the Museum’s collection dating from the 17th century to the late Qing dynasty, decorated with the "hundred antiques" pattern.
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