Skirt

Museum number:
9-21309
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
III - 15 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4697
Description:
Bride’s skirt. Red damask silk, garishly embroidered in satin stitch with various flowers. (Fide: Ilse Fang, 8/28/2001: Coarse, new, with western buttons - everything coarsely done - probably rayon - nothing to be proud of.) Braid and fringe at hem. Skirt unlined. 10.2 cm high waistband of unbleached cotton run through with elastic. Two cotton cloth loops at ends, and three snaps down the slit in the silk. Length of skirt without fringe: 80 cm; width at hem: 83 cm; length of braid and fringe: 9 cm.
Donor:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China. Purchased by Ilse Fang in Canton, China.
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection date:
1933
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Rayon, and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works) and Skirts (garments)
Function:
2.3 Special Ornaments, Garb, and Finery Worn to Battle by Warrior (excluding status insignia)
Production date:
ca. 1930
Accession date:
December 15, 1998
Context of use:
c. 1930. Bride’s skirt.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
Waistband— height 10.2 centimeters, Skirt length, without fringe— length 80 centimeters, width 83 centimeters, and Braid and fringe— length 9 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Skirt, accession number 9-21309, described as Bride’s skirt. Red damask silk, garishly embroidered in satin stitch with various flowers. (Fide: Ilse Fang, 8/28/2001: Coarse, new, with western buttons - everything coarsely done - probably rayon - nothing to be proud of.) Braid and fringe at hem. Skirt unlined. 10.2 cm high waistband of unbleached cotton run through with elastic. Two cotton cloth loops at ends, and three snaps down the slit in the silk. Length of skirt without fringe: 80 cm; width at hem: 83 cm; length of braid and fringe: 9 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Skirt, accession number 9-21309, described as Bride’s skirt. Red damask silk, garishly embroidered in satin stitch with various flowers. (Fide: Ilse Fang, 8/28/2001: Coarse, new, with western buttons - everything coarsely done - probably rayon - nothing to be proud of.) Braid and fringe at hem. Skirt unlined. 10.2 cm high waistband of unbleached cotton run through with elastic. Two cotton cloth loops at ends, and three snaps down the slit in the silk. Length of skirt without fringe: 80 cm; width at hem: 83 cm; length of braid and fringe: 9 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Skirt, accession number 9-21309, described as Bride’s skirt. Red damask silk, garishly embroidered in satin stitch with various flowers. (Fide: Ilse Fang, 8/28/2001: Coarse, new, with western buttons - everything coarsely done - probably rayon - nothing to be proud of.) Braid and fringe at hem. Skirt unlined. 10.2 cm high waistband of unbleached cotton run through with elastic. Two cotton cloth loops at ends, and three snaps down the slit in the silk. Length of skirt without fringe: 80 cm; width at hem: 83 cm; length of braid and fringe: 9 cm.

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