Object name: Skirt / Donor: Paul Vitale / Culture or time period: East Asian cultures - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 9-21616, described as Skirt; Imperial Era; L=99.0cm; W=62cm (at waist), 108 cm (at hem): Cream silk w/ blue floral tape and black ribbon trim on pleats; each pleat has both tape and ribbon sewn lengthwise . Center front and back panels of fine embroidery on the bottom of cream silk brocade fabric, bordered with blue floral tape and black ribbon; front panel was blue flowers and butterflies; embroidered panels are line with blue-green fabric. 17cm wide waist band of heavy cotton fabric is attached to skirt

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 9-21613, 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 9-21611, 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.

Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 9-21610, described as Skirt ; L=92.0 cm waist to hem; W=92.0 (along hem): Imperial Era; single panel ( 1/2 of a skirt), red pattened silk, with w/ blue and ecru trim; deep blue embroidered bands, and ecru bands w/ Moslem (?) cutout design borders a front panel containing embroidered birds and flowers on a red ground; couched fine metallic threads and crystal buttons around front panel and lower edge. Lowere edge bordered with 5 bands: ecru, red, ecru blue, and ecru. Skirt is attached to a wide waist band with fabric buttons and loop fasteners. Fine pleats border the center panel.