Skirt

Museum number:
9-15419
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090015419
Alternate number:
1146 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.04
Description:
Mandarin skirt; silk, gilt paper wrapped yarns, cotton band and ties; possibly twill weave embroidered, brocaded ribbon, damask weave lining, plain weave band; green ground, varicolored designs, red lining; 106 by 40 inches; dragon, phoenix and bat motives.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and Henrietta F. Brewer
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
CHINA
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Materials:
Satin and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works), Phoenixes, and Skirts (garments)
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 106 inches and width 40 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 9-15419, described as Mandarin skirt; silk, gilt paper wrapped yarns, cotton band and ties; possibly twill weave embroidered, brocaded ribbon, damask weave lining, plain weave band; green ground, varicolored designs, red lining; 106 by 40 inches; dragon, phoenix and bat motives.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 9-15419, described as Mandarin skirt; silk, gilt paper wrapped yarns, cotton band and ties; possibly twill weave embroidered, brocaded ribbon, damask weave lining, plain weave band; green ground, varicolored designs, red lining; 106 by 40 inches; dragon, phoenix and bat motives.

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