MVC-0569 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Woman’s jacket: L=108.0 neck to hem; W=140.5 cm sleeve edge to sleeve edge; Imperial Era, blue gauze ground, with dragon medallion pattern woven into fabric; Han-style sleeves finished with wide bands of white, black and silver, embroidered with birds and flowering branches and flying insects. Side slits, neck opening and bottom borders edged with black and white bands of embroidered silk and lace; gold buttons Lined in navy silk.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Materials:
Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons and Jackets (short coats)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
woman’s garment
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 108 centimeters and width 140.5 centimeters