Object name: Collar / Collection place: Asia / Function: 2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Collar, accession number 9-15424, described as Collar or may be worn as skirt decoration; silk, gilt paper wrapped yarns, wool, pile weave possibly cotton; curved band with 45 petal shaped pieces pendant, embroidered, 4 long embroidered strips; multicolored; 16 1/2 inch band and 36 inch strips; each petal has different design, strips embroidered too.

Hearst Museum object titled Collar, accession number 9-15405, described as Collar. Silk, cotton lining. Satin, embroidered, damask, brocade. White ground, varicolored designs. Flower, bird, butterfly designs. 17 inches by 17 inches approximately.

Hearst Museum object titled Collar, accession number 9-6438, described as Collar; paper covered with silk cloth; gold thread embroidery in forms of phoenix; floral designs in multicolor thread; 27 x 13 inches. Part of woman’s costume. Collar belonged to a ‘chao-fu’ (woman’s most formal costume). Native name: p’i-ling.

Hearst Museum object titled Collar, accession number 9-15423, described as Collar; silk, brass button; slightly curved band with petal shaped pendant pieces, embroidered, damask lining; multicolored; 7 by 13 inches irregular; floral, fruit, and bat motives.

Hearst Museum object titled Collar, accession number 9-21268, described as Collar, child’s; Five petals in light green, midnight blue, cinnabar, hunter green, and mouse grey. All edges piped in black outside narrow silk tape, with blue edges and running diamond pattern, scalloped on one side. Embroidery is in satine stitch. petal 1: Moth and bird on flowering branch. Petal 2: double coin and bat with peach branch; Petal 3: bat over orchids; Petal 4: reed pipes (mouth organ?) over lotus; Petal 5: chrysanthemum. (Fide: Ilse Fang, 8/28/2001: Motifs may be seasonal. Medium to good embroidery quality.) Paper interfacing, peach-colored silk lining. ca. 1900. Girl’s name written on back of petal 4” T’ung Hsueh-yuan. Petals: 10 cm long, 11.5 cam; neck opening: ca. 8 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Collar, accession number 9-15256, described as Collar, unfinished. Silk, metal wrapped yarns. Brocaded (damask?). Blue ground, red ground, yellow ground, metal designs on first and second, Collar made of sewn together bands of different textiles. 21 inches by 14 inches.

Hearst Museum object titled Collar, accession number 9-15422, described as Collar; silk, metal discs; satin ground, embroidered, brocade and damask ribbons; brain fringe, tassels; white ground, multicolored designs; 21 by 21 inch scalloped; flower, bird, insect, fish designs.