Skirt

Museum number:
9-21610
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
MVC-0572 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Skirt ; L=92.0 cm waist to hem; W=92.0 (along hem): Imperial Era; single panel ( 1/2 of a skirt), red pattened silk, with w/ blue and ecru trim; deep blue embroidered bands, and ecru bands w/ Moslem (?) cutout design borders a front panel containing embroidered birds and flowers on a red ground; couched fine metallic threads and crystal buttons around front panel and lower edge. Lowere edge bordered with 5 bands: ecru, red, ecru blue, and ecru. Skirt is attached to a wide waist band with fabric buttons and loop fasteners. Fine pleats border the center panel.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Materials:
Crystal (material by form) and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Skirts (garments)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
woman’s garment
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 92 centimeters and length 92 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 9-21610, described as Skirt ; L=92.0 cm waist to hem; W=92.0 (along hem): Imperial Era; single panel ( 1/2 of a skirt), red pattened silk, with w/ blue and ecru trim; deep blue embroidered bands, and ecru bands w/ Moslem (?) cutout design borders a front panel containing embroidered birds and flowers on a red ground; couched fine metallic threads and crystal buttons around front panel and lower edge. Lowere edge bordered with 5 bands: ecru, red, ecru blue, and ecru. Skirt is attached to a wide waist band with fabric buttons and loop fasteners. Fine pleats border the center panel.

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