Rectangular shan longyi weft-ikat cloth tapestry woven in silks. Formed with two identical panels hand-stitched along the weft edge. One end with a knotted fringe. The upper part has a thin check pattern in yellow, green and red on a warm terra-cotta ground. The lower part has many horizontal bands, broad and narrow, decorated with a great variety of geometrically-treated motives including fret, hook, dot, cloud and floral motives, chiefly in white, purple and shades of green, yellow and red. Silk woven in bands of interlocking tapestry, supplementary weft, plain weft and weft-ikat.