Coat

Museum number:
9-15449
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090015449
Alternate number:
1159 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.04
Description:
Possibly a Mandarin coat; silk, gilt paper wrapped yarns, metal and glass buttons; damask and satin weaves, embroidered, brocaded ribbons, applique, plain weave lining; blue ground, white bands, multicolored designs, blue lining; 50 1/2 by 23 1/2 inches. Human figure, bat, and other motives. Buttons inscribes "W.h. Norton, 249 London Strand"
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and Henrietta F. Brewer
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
CHINA
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Materials:
Metal and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coats (garments) and Embroidery (visual works)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
50 inches and 23 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Coat, accession number 9-15449, described as Possibly a Mandarin coat; silk, gilt paper wrapped yarns, metal and glass buttons; damask and satin weaves, embroidered, brocaded ribbons, applique, plain weave lining; blue ground, white bands, multicolored designs, blue lining; 50 1/2 by 23 1/2 inches. Human figure, bat, and other motives. Buttons inscribes "W.h. Norton, 249 London Strand"
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coat, accession number 9-15449, described as Possibly a Mandarin coat; silk, gilt paper wrapped yarns, metal and glass buttons; damask and satin weaves, embroidered, brocaded ribbons, applique, plain weave lining; blue ground, white bands, multicolored designs, blue lining; 50 1/2 by 23 1/2 inches. Human figure, bat, and other motives. Buttons inscribes "W.h. Norton, 249 London Strand"

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