Donor: Paul Vitale / Culture or time period: Chinese cultures / Function: 2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Donor Paul Vitale Culture or time period Chinese cultures Function 2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes

Hearst Museum object titled Coat, accession number 9-21614, described as Man’s coat; length: 133.0 cm shoulder to hem; width: 224.0 cm around hem; Imperial Era; predominately blue woven silk, with swastika patterns woven into the fabric. Manchu-style sleeves; slit weaving (Kossu), painted bats and symbols; center lapel and both sides of front and back embroidered with 5-toed dragons in gold thread and a pair of fish in the center, surrounded by clouds, sleeves are brown and gold striped w. embroidered cuffs; gold buttons; wide water pattern at bottom.

Hearst Museum object titled Jacket, accession number 9-21607, described as Woman’s jacket: L=108.0 neck to hem; W=140.5 cm sleeve edge to sleeve edge; Imperial Era, blue gauze ground, with dragon medallion pattern woven into fabric; Han-style sleeves finished with wide bands of white, black and silver, embroidered with birds and flowering branches and flying insects. Side slits, neck opening and bottom borders edged with black and white bands of embroidered silk and lace; gold buttons Lined in navy silk.

Hearst Museum object titled Jacket, accession number 9-21605, described as Woman’s jacket: L=102.0 cm neck to hem; W= 128.2 cm sleeve edge to sleeve edge; Imperial Era, red ground with blue embroidered blue flowers and multicolored butterflies and birds; wide Han-style sleeves with couched gold floral design bordered on medium blue ground, with finishing bands of black embroidered with white, gray and blue. Neck opening, side slits and bottom borders all edged with double bands of black and figured blue-gray separated by red piping; blue lining.

Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 9-21613, described as Skirt: length: 95.0 cm waist to hem; width: 116.5 cm overlap, 116.5 cm underlap: Imperial Era; red, patterned silk, with central front panel and pleaded shirt. Lower ⅓ of front panel is embroidered with pattern including an urn surrounded by flowers (blue, red-orange, white, black, gold, pale blue, and bordered with bands of royal blue. Shirt bottom is banded with the same royal blue. Flowers and butterflies are embroidered randomly on the lower ⅓ of the pleated skirt. Skirt is attached to a wide waist band of dark gray cotton.

Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 9-21612, described as Skirt ; L=94.8 cm waist to hem; W= 146.0 cm overlap, 144.5 cm underlap; Imperial Era; Cream sikl w/ woven floral pattern. Central front panel heafily decorated with w/ blue floral ad multicolored birds, emborideryed on cream ground, and bordered with blue-embroidered tapes on black ground. Pleats of skirt are edged w/ embroidered blue floral tapes on black ground and there are emboridered blue flowers between pleats. Skirt is attached to a wide cotton waistband

Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 9-21611, described as Skirt ; length: 87.0 cm waist to hem; width: 124.5 cm overlap, 126.5 cm underlap; Imperial Era; cream silk ground with wide central panel, the lower ⅓ of which is decorated with a 5-toed dragon in gold, and waves, clouds, flowers and fire patterns in blue, red, pink, white, and pale blue. Panel is bordered by bands of blue flowers on a black ground and black silk tape. Skirt is pleated in deep pleats, the lower ⅓ of which are decorated with embroidered phoenix birds, or dragons, waves. clouds, and flowers, and edged with tapes embroidered with blue flowers. Skirt is attached to a band of light brown cotton fabric.

Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 9-21609a,b, described as Skirt ; A)L= 117.0cm ; W=77.0cm -98.0cm (measured pleated); B) w=101.5-77.0cm, L=119.0cm (measured pleated) : Imperial Era; made of 2 panels of red, patterned silk, w/ wide front and back panels and pleated skirt attached to very wide off-white waistband with cloth buttons and loop fasteners; green lining. Pleats are edged in black ribbon and blue embroidered loral tapes; front and back panels have couched gold designs of a dragon and a phoenix in center bordered by blue emboridered tape and black silk ribbon bands.