coat; women’s wedding; black taffeta hand embroidered in multi-colored silks and silver wrapped paper thread; floral motif wiht sprays of peonies and peach blossoms outlined with silver wrapped thread; self border of plum blossoms embroidered with silver wrapped paper thread and couched with red, green and white thread. Narrow sleeves, high collar with lining of machine made white cotton eyelet; frog closures of braided silver threads; unlined; soiled areas, otherwise good condition; wedding jacket, circa 1915-1918, fide Mary Hays; see also 9-17841
Donor:
Mrs. Robert T. Nelson and Robert T. Nelson
Collection place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coats (garments)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama