Object class: Robes (main garments) / Culture or time period: Chinese cultures / 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 Robe, accession number 9-13558, described as Robe. Long tapering sleeves. Center front opening skirt; neckband and apron have tie closing on right side. Neckband is black silk satin. Upper body and sleeves are pieced from curving stripes of light blue and dark brown silk damask, and have deteriorated along shoulder creases. White, blue, and gold deteriorating couched lines on neckband on upper body. Sleeve edges are black silk satin with deteriorating gold brocade. Waist band is green silk satin with center front interlaced satin knot and two hanging tapes. Triangular tapestry aprons in front and back, each with fullface 4 clawed dragon, sacred jewel, sea, clouds in blues and greens on a red ground. Brocade and velvet borders, with one small blue glass ornament on front apron and 2 and a half on back (18 on each originally). Outer edge is white silk satin, painted in green, red, and purple with a dragon face and clouds, all padded with wool. Lower body is all tapestry. Two triangular areas under aprons have cloudlike, multicolored horizontal stripes. Rest of skirt has vertical curving stripes with alternating gold and red grounds. Multicolored leaf and vine pattern in stripes becomes swirls at lower scalloped edge. Black braid couched between each stripe. Pink silk satin lining, deteriorating at neck and front apron. Chinese writing on lining in three places. Deterioration of lower back tapestry edge shows an inner layer of coarse white plain weave wool. Lower skirt and aprons may be from a very old dragon robe, with upper body and padded painting added later. Tapestry areas are Ming designs. Finely woven tapestry, and a very unusual robe, Peking Opera costume, Imperial patronage; Kossu skirt is 17th century, remainder is 18th century (fide John Vollmer of the Royal Ontario Museum, June 1979).

Hearst Museum object titled Robe, accession number 9-17964, described as Robe w/ typical symbols, 5-toed dragon, water, mountains, clouds, bats, etc., blue & black w/ multicolor embroidery; 2/2 twill, silk embroidery & gold wrapped thread. Neck binding embroidered black gauze & black satin binding are replacements; robe made from "off the shelf" material. Horse hoof cuffs are a later date - do not match robe & commercially dyed. soiled; bug damage, cases of clothes moth embedded in embroidery; gauze at neck damaged, other embroidery split or couching loose. FRAGILE condition. Formal robe; robe c. 1875, cuff c. 1900, neckband c. 1850, fide Mary Hays. 136.5 cm L.

Hearst Museum object titled Robe, accession number 9-18224, described as Robe; women’s, blue/black satin weave silk embroidered in pastel shades of pink, blue, green, purple and fuschia; cloud forms, bats, urns, roundels with bamboo, peony, iris, birds and butterflies, water and mountains at hem interspersed with peonies and roses. No collar, brass button and loop closures; lined with pale blue damask weave silk in wisteria pattern. Soiled, worn at neck; may be a wedding robe; first quarter of 20th century.