Jacket

Museum number:
9-21608
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090021608
Alternate number:
MVC-0570 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Woman’s jacket: Length: 109.5 (neck to hem); W=103.0 (sleeve edge to sleeve edge); Imperial Era, red with woven pattern floral pattern; red lining; finely embroidered black border with multicolored flowers, horses and birds around neck, along side slits and across bottom edges; Han-style sleeves with fine embroidery band of boating scene which includes two people on a white ground, plus black band of multicolored flowers, horses and birds.; gold couched decoration; slits up the sides and lapel have a Moslem(?) cutout shape; fine blue band finishes botton edge and separated sleef decoration from body of the garment.; buttons are gold.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Materials:
Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Jackets (short coats)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
woman's garment
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 103 centimeters and length 109 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Jacket, accession number 9-21608, described as Woman’s jacket: Length: 109.5 (neck to hem); W=103.0 (sleeve edge to sleeve edge); Imperial Era, red with woven pattern floral pattern; red lining; finely embroidered black border with multicolored flowers, horses and birds around neck, along side slits and across bottom edges; Han-style sleeves with fine embroidery band of boating scene which includes two people on a white ground, plus black band of multicolored flowers, horses and birds.; gold couched decoration; slits up the sides and lapel have a Moslem(?) cutout shape; fine blue band finishes botton edge and separated sleef decoration from body of the garment.; buttons are gold.

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