Property of the Smith Family, Spring Island, SC

Description:

4 Chinese Various Embroidered Panels, comprising a large dark blue panel embroidered with baskets and vases of flowers and mythological birds, 7 ft. x 4 ft. 11 1/2 in. (Good condition, some losses to outer edges). A dark blue silk panel embroidered with a boy and three elders in a landscape with a border embroidered with butterflies and flowers, 33 3/4 in. 5 ft. 9 1/2 in. (Wear and losses to white silk of butterfly border and minor pulls to embroidery). Dark blue silk panel embroidered with figures in a house and on a boat within a water and forest landscape, 5 ft. 1/2 in. x 26 in. (Good condition, losses to leaves on some trees, other small losses and lifting, wear to edges of silk). Blue embroidered with flowers and foliage, 39 in. x 29 1/4 in. (Overall good condition, some pulling to embroidery, minor stains, and fraying to edges).

Provenance: Purchased by Miss Anna Mae Stoever, circa 1924. Miss Anna Mae Stoever, born 1874, was the daughter of wealthy entrepreneur Charles M. Stoever of Philadelphia, the largest manufacturer and dealer on the East Coast of paper for books, newspapers, writing, manilla writing envelopes, and wrapping papers. At 34, she made her first trip around the world where she met Mr. Henry Frederick Wichman in Honolulu, HI, whom she later married in September of 1910 in Brooklyn, NY. After the passing of her husband in 1921, Mrs. Stoever-Wichman began a second world cruise aboard the RMS Mauretania in 1924. It was on this second cruise, where she visited China and Japan, that she acquired these items.

Measurements: See Description

Condition:

Overall good condition, see description.

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