Robe

Museum number:
9-22204
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090022204
Alternate number:
BY.T-266 and T-266 (original number)
Description:
man's silk dress robe; cobalt blue, woven brocade with clouds, phoenixes, dragons, peaches and flaming jewels, 5 button and loop closure at neck and down right hand side. standup collar finished with narrow piping. long straight stripes, lower hem shortened by hand, 24cm from original length. fully lined with aqua blue brocade-woven silk.
Collection place:
Tibet
Verbatim coll. place:
Tibet
Collector:
Theos C. Bernard
Materials:
Metal and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Phoenixes and Robes (main garments)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Production date:
19th-20th century
Context of use:
clothing
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
hem width with overlaps— width 107 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Robe, accession number 9-22204, described as man's silk dress robe; cobalt blue, woven brocade with clouds, phoenixes, dragons, peaches and flaming jewels, 5 button and loop closure at neck and down right hand side. standup collar finished with narrow piping. long straight stripes, lower hem shortened by hand, 24cm from original length. fully lined with aqua blue brocade-woven silk.

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