Jacket

Museum number:
9-15448
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090015448
Alternate number:
3947 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Costume: jacket, side closing, high necked style with long, wide sleeves in navy brocade, with self color dragon medallions. Pale blue neck, opening and bottom trim outlined with multicolored ribbon applique. Sleeves have yellow silk cuffs embroidery with blossoming tree, bird, insect designs. Brocade, applique; pale blue, blue; 31 inches long center back, 56 inches wide cuff to cuff.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
CHINA
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Materials:
Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons, Embroidery (visual works), and Jackets (short coats)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 31 inches and length 56 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Jacket, accession number 9-15448, described as Costume: jacket, side closing, high necked style with long, wide sleeves in navy brocade, with self color dragon medallions. Pale blue neck, opening and bottom trim outlined with multicolored ribbon applique. Sleeves have yellow silk cuffs embroidery with blossoming tree, bird, insect designs. Brocade, applique; pale blue, blue; 31 inches long center back, 56 inches wide cuff to cuff.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Jacket, accession number 9-15448, described as Costume: jacket, side closing, high necked style with long, wide sleeves in navy brocade, with self color dragon medallions. Pale blue neck, opening and bottom trim outlined with multicolored ribbon applique. Sleeves have yellow silk cuffs embroidery with blossoming tree, bird, insect designs. Brocade, applique; pale blue, blue; 31 inches long center back, 56 inches wide cuff to cuff.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Jacket, accession number 9-15448, described as Costume: jacket, side closing, high necked style with long, wide sleeves in navy brocade, with self color dragon medallions. Pale blue neck, opening and bottom trim outlined with multicolored ribbon applique. Sleeves have yellow silk cuffs embroidery with blossoming tree, bird, insect designs. Brocade, applique; pale blue, blue; 31 inches long center back, 56 inches wide cuff to cuff.

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