Slip

Museum number:
9-15858
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090015858
Alternate number:
3948 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
COSTUME: Slip of pink silk w, slight creping. Ecru net inserted across front top and hem. top and bottom edge finished w, applique & emb, motif of groups of flowers and circles. Net appliqued w. pink silk overlapping diamonds, leaf flower tendrils. Crepe shoulder straps. Straight cut w. side seams. Bottom has 6 large scallops. Hand sewn and emb. Silk, net, crepe. Creping, applique, embroidery. Pink. Has been altered at top sides, box pleats made to make smaller. Some wear. Good conditon 1924. 32 inch long cent. front. 27 inch wide at hem. 17 inch shoulder straps.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
CHINA
Materials:
Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 32 inches and width 27 inches
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Slip, accession number 9-15858, described as COSTUME: Slip of pink silk w, slight creping. Ecru net inserted across front top and hem. top and bottom edge finished w, applique & emb, motif of groups of flowers and circles. Net appliqued w. pink silk overlapping diamonds, leaf flower tendrils. Crepe shoulder straps. Straight cut w. side seams. Bottom has 6 large scallops. Hand sewn and emb. Silk, net, crepe. Creping, applique, embroidery. Pink. Has been altered at top sides, box pleats made to make smaller. Some wear. Good conditon 1924. 32 inch long cent. front. 27 inch wide at hem. 17 inch shoulder straps.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Slip, accession number 9-15858, described as COSTUME: Slip of pink silk w, slight creping. Ecru net inserted across front top and hem. top and bottom edge finished w, applique & emb, motif of groups of flowers and circles. Net appliqued w. pink silk overlapping diamonds, leaf flower tendrils. Crepe shoulder straps. Straight cut w. side seams. Bottom has 6 large scallops. Hand sewn and emb. Silk, net, crepe. Creping, applique, embroidery. Pink. Has been altered at top sides, box pleats made to make smaller. Some wear. Good conditon 1924. 32 inch long cent. front. 27 inch wide at hem. 17 inch shoulder straps.

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