Robe

Museum number:
9-15443
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090015443
Alternate number:
2298 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Robe; silk, gilt paper wrapped yarns; brass buttons; satin, embroidered; red ground, multicolored designs, red lining; 49 inches long, 25 inches neck to cuff edge; flowers, bats, human figures, other motives.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
CHINA
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Materials:
Brass (alloy), Brass (alloy) (silk embroidery, gilt, brass), and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works) and Robes (main garments)
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 49 inches and length 54 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Robe, accession number 9-15443, described as Robe; silk, gilt paper wrapped yarns; brass buttons; satin, embroidered; red ground, multicolored designs, red lining; 49 inches long, 25 inches neck to cuff edge; flowers, bats, human figures, other motives.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Robe, accession number 9-15443, described as Robe; silk, gilt paper wrapped yarns; brass buttons; satin, embroidered; red ground, multicolored designs, red lining; 49 inches long, 25 inches neck to cuff edge; flowers, bats, human figures, other motives.

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