Sleeve border fragments

Museum number:
9-13539a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3360
Object count:
2
Description:
Sleeve border fragments. Gray silk ground with geometric and floral damask pattern. Multicolor embroidered design of male and female figures in garden scenes. A,B have different scenes. A,B each stamped "Made in China". Length: 64 cm; width: 14 cm each. China Background: silk; damask. Pattern area: silk, gold wrapped silk; Chinese knot, satin stitch, couching. Parts of a woman's robe worn on special occasions. Design may have been derived from a popular novel of the time. Mid 19th century Symbolism: Bat - joy; Butterfly - joy, summer; Lotus - summer; Peony - riches, honor, love, spring; Chrysanthemum - steadfastness, autumn Mary V. Hays; S.F., Ca. (personal contact) Williams; Outlines of Chinese Symbolism, pp. 25, 42, 60-61, 220-222, 282
Donor:
Arlene Miller Rolkin
Collection place:
China
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sleeve borders
Production date:
Mid 19th century
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Sleeve border fragments, accession number 9-13539a,b, described as Sleeve border fragments. Gray silk ground with geometric and floral damask pattern. Multicolor embroidered design of male and female figures in garden scenes. A,B have different scenes. A,B each stamped "Made in China". Length: 64 cm; width: 14 cm each. China Background: silk; damask. Pattern area: silk, gold wrapped silk; Chinese knot, satin stitch, couching. Parts of a woman's robe worn on special occasions. Design may have been derived from a popular novel of the time. Mid 19th century Symbolism: Bat - joy; Butterfly - joy, summer; Lotus - summer; Peony - riches, honor, love, spring; Chrysanthemum - steadfastness, autumn Mary V. Hays; S.F., Ca. (personal contact) Williams; Outlines of Chinese Symbolism, pp. 25, 42, 60-61, 220-222, 282
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sleeve border fragments, accession number 9-13539a,b, described as Sleeve border fragments. Gray silk ground with geometric and floral damask pattern. Multicolor embroidered design of male and female figures in garden scenes. A,B have different scenes. A,B each stamped "Made in China". Length: 64 cm; width: 14 cm each. China Background: silk; damask. Pattern area: silk, gold wrapped silk; Chinese knot, satin stitch, couching. Parts of a woman's robe worn on special occasions. Design may have been derived from a popular novel of the time. Mid 19th century Symbolism: Bat - joy; Butterfly - joy, summer; Lotus - summer; Peony - riches, honor, love, spring; Chrysanthemum - steadfastness, autumn Mary V. Hays; S.F., Ca. (personal contact) Williams; Outlines of Chinese Symbolism, pp. 25, 42, 60-61, 220-222, 282

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