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Child's Lavender Silk Brocade Coat, Manchu Style
Child's Lavender Silk Brocade Coat, Manchu Style
Object Number 991-12-60/15115
Display Title Child's Lavender Silk Brocade Coat, Manchu Style
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Yes (Chinese name)
Object Description Child's lavender silk brocade coat - Manchu style. Black silk trim around cuffs and collar. Embroidered decorative borders - purple, and a green ribbon with floral motifs around cuffs and collar. (Possibly an outfit with pants #15116.) <transliteration> (Chinese name). 45 cm. (l) x 79 cm. (w) (open sleeves).
Inventory Description Shirt, patterend lavender silk, embroidered cuffs, collar, cotton loops
Classification
  • Shirt
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Materials Silk, Silk thread, Cotton, Dye, Silk cloth
Dimensions Overall: 45 x 78 cm (17 11/16 x 30 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-12-60/15115; 727 / a
Provenance
Collector Sarah Pike Conger (1898 - 1905)
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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