Object name: Skirt / Collection place: Guangzhou, Guangdong province, Southern China / Culture or time period: Imperial dynasties (221 BC–1912 AD) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 9-21308, described as Skirt, cobalt blue and black. Silk damask showing chrysanthemums, bamboo, plum blossoms and peonies (representing the 4 seasons), orchids. 27 cm high bottom zone embroidered in black with satin stitch: butterflies over various flowers. The 26 and 27 cm wide front and back panels more densely embroidered, again with flowers and butterflies, adding knot stitch for anthers, and some blue thread for upper butterflies. Panels bordered on three sides with approximately 2.5 cm wide strips of black satin which also run the whole width of the hem. One wide side gore, 5 cm wide on top and 21 cm wide at the hemline, on either side. Flanked by two narrower ones, 2 cm wide each on top, between 9 and 11 cm wide at the hem. Gores separated by 0.8 cm wide black satin strips, with an additional such strip at the end of the last left gore, where the back panel meets it. Silk panels with only one embroidered orchid each underlie the front and back panels. Skirt otherwise unlined. A 10 cm high white, cotton broadcloth waistband is new. Length of skirt: 75 cm; width at waistline: 41 cm; at hemline: 87 cm.