Skirt

Museum number:
9-17841
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3548
Description:
skirt: women's wedding, red plain weave with damask and gauze patterning in floral and fret motif; embroidered with multicolored floral with sprays of peonies and peach blossoms outlined with silver wrapped paper thread couched with multicolored silk thread; applied fringe of silk finer and silver tape at hem pleated with embroidery motifs that appear completed only when pleats closed; metal snaps on front panel, drawstring waist closure. length 96 cm
Donor:
Mrs. Robert T. Nelson and Robert T. Nelson
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Skirts (garments)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 9-17841, described as skirt: women's wedding, red plain weave with damask and gauze patterning in floral and fret motif; embroidered with multicolored floral with sprays of peonies and peach blossoms outlined with silver wrapped paper thread couched with multicolored silk thread; applied fringe of silk finer and silver tape at hem pleated with embroidery motifs that appear completed only when pleats closed; metal snaps on front panel, drawstring waist closure. length 96 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 9-17841, described as skirt: women's wedding, red plain weave with damask and gauze patterning in floral and fret motif; embroidered with multicolored floral with sprays of peonies and peach blossoms outlined with silver wrapped paper thread couched with multicolored silk thread; applied fringe of silk finer and silver tape at hem pleated with embroidery motifs that appear completed only when pleats closed; metal snaps on front panel, drawstring waist closure. length 96 cmDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 9-17841, described as skirt: women's wedding, red plain weave with damask and gauze patterning in floral and fret motif; embroidered with multicolored floral with sprays of peonies and peach blossoms outlined with silver wrapped paper thread couched with multicolored silk thread; applied fringe of silk finer and silver tape at hem pleated with embroidery motifs that appear completed only when pleats closed; metal snaps on front panel, drawstring waist closure. length 96 cm

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