Sleeve border fragments

Museum number:
9-13528a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210913528a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.3360
Description:
Sleeve border fragments. Grey silk damask, embroidered with "100 antiques" design in blues and gold. Bowls, scrolls, bronzes, books, flowers, fruit. Decorative borders. Both A and B have some staining. A,B are mirror images. A) is stamped "made in China". Hems glued later. Length: 71.5 cm; width: 19.5 cm each. A) China B) China, att. Background: silk, damask weave Pattern area: silk, gold wrapped silk, Chinese knot, couching Parts of a woman's robe worn on special occasions. Late 19th century Symbolism: Citrus fruit - Buddha's hand; Grass orchid - modesty; Peony - riches, honor, love, spring; Lotus - summer Mary V. Hays; S.F., Ca. (personal contact) Williams; Outlines of Chinese Symbolism, pp. 41, 220-222, 263, 282
Donor:
Arlene Miller Rolkin
Collection place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sleeve borders
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Production date:
Late 19th century
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Sleeve border fragments, accession number 9-13528a,b, described as Sleeve border fragments. Grey silk damask, embroidered with "100 antiques" design in blues and gold. Bowls, scrolls, bronzes, books, flowers, fruit. Decorative borders. Both A and B have some staining. A,B are mirror images. A) is stamped "made in China". Hems glued later. Length: 71.5 cm; width: 19.5 cm each. A) China B) China, att. Background: silk, damask weave Pattern area: silk, gold wrapped silk, Chinese knot, couching Parts of a woman's robe worn on special occasions. Late 19th century Symbolism: Citrus fruit - Buddha's hand; Grass orchid - modesty; Peony - riches, honor, love, spring; Lotus - summer Mary V. Hays; S.F., Ca. (personal contact) Williams; Outlines of Chinese Symbolism, pp. 41, 220-222, 263, 282
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sleeve border fragments, accession number 9-13528a,b, described as Sleeve border fragments. Grey silk damask, embroidered with "100 antiques" design in blues and gold. Bowls, scrolls, bronzes, books, flowers, fruit. Decorative borders. Both A and B have some staining. A,B are mirror images. A) is stamped "made in China". Hems glued later. Length: 71.5 cm; width: 19.5 cm each. A) China B) China, att. Background: silk, damask weave Pattern area: silk, gold wrapped silk, Chinese knot, couching Parts of a woman's robe worn on special occasions. Late 19th century Symbolism: Citrus fruit - Buddha's hand; Grass orchid - modesty; Peony - riches, honor, love, spring; Lotus - summer Mary V. Hays; S.F., Ca. (personal contact) Williams; Outlines of Chinese Symbolism, pp. 41, 220-222, 263, 282

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