Robe

Museum number:
9-13564
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3360
Description:
Robe. Long tapering sleeves. Overlapping front with 7 loop and knotted button closing along right side. Slits 1/4 up sides. Cream silk damask with multicolor embroidery. Warriors fighting in 5 pairs (some on horseback) amidst landscape of trees, rocks, flowers, bats, butterflies. High neckband with wide black silk satin ribbon embroidered in blues and gold. Red silk satin lining. Worn by a woman on special occasions. Cost collector $100.00 (old tag).
Donor:
Arlene Miller Rolkin
Collection place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Robes (main garments)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Robe, accession number 9-13564, described as Robe. Long tapering sleeves. Overlapping front with 7 loop and knotted button closing along right side. Slits 1/4 up sides. Cream silk damask with multicolor embroidery. Warriors fighting in 5 pairs (some on horseback) amidst landscape of trees, rocks, flowers, bats, butterflies. High neckband with wide black silk satin ribbon embroidered in blues and gold. Red silk satin lining. Worn by a woman on special occasions. Cost collector $100.00 (old tag).Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Robe, accession number 9-13564, described as Robe. Long tapering sleeves. Overlapping front with 7 loop and knotted button closing along right side. Slits 1/4 up sides. Cream silk damask with multicolor embroidery. Warriors fighting in 5 pairs (some on horseback) amidst landscape of trees, rocks, flowers, bats, butterflies. High neckband with wide black silk satin ribbon embroidered in blues and gold. Red silk satin lining. Worn by a woman on special occasions. Cost collector $100.00 (old tag).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Robe, accession number 9-13564, described as Robe. Long tapering sleeves. Overlapping front with 7 loop and knotted button closing along right side. Slits 1/4 up sides. Cream silk damask with multicolor embroidery. Warriors fighting in 5 pairs (some on horseback) amidst landscape of trees, rocks, flowers, bats, butterflies. High neckband with wide black silk satin ribbon embroidered in blues and gold. Red silk satin lining. Worn by a woman on special occasions. Cost collector $100.00 (old tag).

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