Collection place: Southern China / 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 9-6438, 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 Jacket, accession number 9-23672, described as Jacket, shiny cloth treated with egg and pig's blood.

Hearst Museum object titled Jacket, accession number 9-23394, described as Jacket: sewn panels of indigo with batik designs and over embroidered designs on lapels, shoulders, and sleeves.

Hearst Museum object titled Sleeves, accession number 9-15151a,b, described as sleeves. Silk. Satin weave, embroidered. Blue ground, blue, green white, and brown designs. Floral, butterfly motives. 24¾ inches by 3½ inches.

Hearst Museum object titled Slippers, accession number 9-21292a,b, described as Pair of silk-covered paper slippers. Red rayon uppers edged with sapphire blue strips of rayon on three top halves, cobalt blue on the fourth (“This difference of the fourth upper edge is analogous to the different pattern of the fourth side lining of [9-21293]”, donor’s comment). Heel seams covered with pointed strips of gold paper; front seams overcast with hunter green silk thread in a long stitch. Paper body of uppers has a diagonal pattern of squares with cross, imitating a cloth lining. Cardboard sole covered with red paper above, white cloth below, loosely stitched to uppers with red thread. Overall length: 7.5 cm; width at heel: 2.2 cm. The two slippers are tacked together.