Robe

Museum number:
9-15450
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090015450
Alternate number:
1943 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032, Acc.3032.02, and Acc.3032.05
Description:
Mandarin robe; silk, some gilt paper wrapped yarns, possibly gold buttons; basket weave, embroidered; blue ground, multicolored designs, blue lining; 53 inches long, 32 1/2 inches neck to cuff edge; dragon, bats, cloud, and other motives.
Donor:
Albert M. Bender, Anita Day Symmes Blake, Anson Stiles Blake, and Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
CHINA
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Materials:
Metal and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons, Embroidery (visual works), and Robes (main garments)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
65 inches and 53 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Robe, accession number 9-15450, described as Mandarin robe; silk, some gilt paper wrapped yarns, possibly gold buttons; basket weave, embroidered; blue ground, multicolored designs, blue lining; 53 inches long, 32 1/2 inches neck to cuff edge; dragon, bats, cloud, and other motives.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Robe, accession number 9-15450, described as Mandarin robe; silk, some gilt paper wrapped yarns, possibly gold buttons; basket weave, embroidered; blue ground, multicolored designs, blue lining; 53 inches long, 32 1/2 inches neck to cuff edge; dragon, bats, cloud, and other motives.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Robe, accession number 9-15450, described as Mandarin robe; silk, some gilt paper wrapped yarns, possibly gold buttons; basket weave, embroidered; blue ground, multicolored designs, blue lining; 53 inches long, 32 1/2 inches neck to cuff edge; dragon, bats, cloud, and other motives.

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