{"product_id":"silk-chinese-costume-fragment-5","title":"Chinese silk costume fragment","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eChinese costume fragment of the Imperial Chinese tradition. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eThese fine, hand embroidered silk-on-silk fragments vary in age from mid 19\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e to early 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century. A few are older. Under Communism the vast costume wardrobes of the rejected old Chinese imperial system became  superfluous. Fragments of them were reformed into decorative textile panels with very fine jacquard-type woven bands as frames. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eThe original barcode label dates back to the last quarter of the 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century when international carpet trader, Kelatys of London, imported large quantities of them and held them ‘in Bond’ before selling them to collectors such as The Nomads Tent. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eWe think these extraordinarily fine embroideries are very special. You can frame them (generally without glass is best), hang them by stitching loops for a piece of dowel to be threaded through and supported on picture hooks, or just keep them on a flat surface somewhere you can delight in them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Nomad's Tent","offers":[{"title":"Fragment1 (64 x 27cm)","offer_id":56249918816641,"sku":"T259N","price":60.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fragment2 (65 x 27cms)","offer_id":56249918849409,"sku":"T259P","price":60.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fragment3 (61 x 25cm)","offer_id":56249918882177,"sku":"T259Q","price":60.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fragment4 (60 x 25cms)","offer_id":56249918914945,"sku":"T259R","price":60.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fragment5 (63 x 22cms)","offer_id":56249918947713,"sku":"T259S","price":60.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fragment6 (61 x 26cms)","offer_id":56249918980481,"sku":"T259T","price":60.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fragment7 (61 x 25cms)","offer_id":56249919013249,"sku":"T259U","price":60.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fragment8 (34 x 25)","offer_id":56249919046017,"sku":"T259V","price":60.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fragment9 (42 x 28)","offer_id":56249919078785,"sku":"T259W","price":60.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fragment10 (59 x 25)","offer_id":56249919111553,"sku":"T259X","price":60.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fragment11 (61 x 25cms)","offer_id":56249919144321,"sku":"T259Y","price":60.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fragment12 (60 x 25cms)","offer_id":56249919177089,"sku":"T259Z","price":60.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0436\/3616\/2720\/files\/the-nomads-tentchinese-silk-costume-fragmentt259n-8168561.jpg?v=1789544260","url":"https:\/\/nomadstent.co.uk\/products\/silk-chinese-costume-fragment-5","provider":"The Nomads Tent","version":"1.0","type":"link"}