Collection place: China / Culture or time period: Chinese / Function: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Coat, accession number 9-17840, described as coat; women’s wedding; black taffeta hand embroidered in multi-colored silks and silver wrapped paper thread; floral motif wiht sprays of peonies and peach blossoms outlined with silver wrapped thread; self border of plum blossoms embroidered with silver wrapped paper thread and couched with red, green and white thread. Narrow sleeves, high collar with lining of machine made white cotton eyelet; frog closures of braided silver threads; unlined; soiled areas, otherwise good condition; wedding jacket, circa 1915-1918, fide Mary Hays; see also 9-17841

Hearst Museum object titled Coat, accession number 9-5460, described as Dancer’s costume; silk, gilt paper; cotton lining; mirrors; satin weave, embroidered; half basket weave lining; macrame fringes; yellow ground, varicolored floral, other designs. 36 inches 12 1/2 inch sleeves.

Hearst Museum object titled Compass - sun dial, accession number 9-21280, described as Compass - sun dial. Wood. Folding sun dial to be raised by notches for each of the twelve parts of the year. 5.5 cm x 11.5 cm x 1.7 cm H.

Hearst Museum object titled Fabric, accession number 9-21361, described as Piece of fabric for a child’s garment on Mid Summer (dragon-boat) festival. Gold (for sulphur) ground with tiger, his prey, and the poisonous animals: frog, lizard, snake, spider, centipede. 34 x 37.2 cm. Mounted with scotch tape on cardboard.

Hearst Museum object titled Hat, accession number 9-17976, described as Helmet design with "tiger's" (or lion's) ears in front; flowers and butterflies embroidered on red silk, trimmed with red and white braid. Narrow metallic strip handsewn around top. Embroidery on silk, cotton lining. About 50 cm around; H. 22.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Headband, accession number 9-21249, described as Headband for an elderly woman or widow. Cobalt blue cotton with triple black border suggesting pleats. Black tape appliqued in relief in a chrysanthemum and orchid pattern. Blushing pink flannel lining. Braided button and loop closure. Headband length 48 cm; height 6.2 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Headband, accession number 9-21248, described as Headband for a married woman. Cobalt-blue patterned silk between broad, black satin upper and lower borders. The lower border ends in appliqued cloud pattern edged in green and silver. Borders finely and colorfully embroidered in a pattern of flowers, Buddha-hand citrus fruit, bats and butterflies. Pink cotton lining, violet braided button and loop closing. Borders outlined in green piping; the blue center strip additionally in white and gold. Headband length 50 cm; height 6.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Headband, accession number 9-21252, described as Headband for a widow. Blue patterned silk with broad black satin border and a narrower black satin strip inside the border. Round pearls at center, top, and bottom. Apricot-colored cotton lining. Braided button and loop closing; 18 cm long narrow lace ends looped around button stem. All black cotton. Length of headband 50 cm; height at center 6.2 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Headband, accession number 9-21247, described as Headband for a young woman. Violet-patterned silk center, blue satin ends. Blue satin lower piping; black on top. Upper border cerulian blue with a gold-thread-outlined yellow satin applique wave frieze resting on red, pink, and white piping. Violet center panel topped and underlined by a yellow, loosely woven tape, with a red-dot-on-black-bar pattern. Lower border tells the tale of the English China Willow pattern: magpies forming a bridge in heaven for the cowherd to meet his bride, the weaver’s daughter. Various stitches in corded and flossy silk thread on white satin. Clouds appliqued onto the blue ends in maize-colored, patterned silk, outlined with a violet woven tape with blossom-and-dot pattern in white; and silver thread. Apricot-colored cotton lining; no closure. Long edge (lower edge) of headband 45 cm L.