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Object Number
991-12-60/15124
Display Title
Child's Dark Blue Silk Pants
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Yes (Chinese name)
Object Description
Child's dark blue silk pants. Pink cotton lining and waistband. Two embroidered silk bands with floral motifs around cuffs in tones of pink and purple with black background. Satin stitch. Have been water damaged. Part of a set of child's clothes for Sarah Buchan Jewell given by Wang Wen Shao (Grand Secretary). <transliteration> (Chinese name). 61 cm. (l) x 44 cm. (w).
Inventory Description
Pants, slit, dark blue silk, embroidered cuffs, cotton waistband
Classification
- Pants
Department
Ethnographic
Date
late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
China
Dimensions
Overall: 58.5 x 42.8 cm (23 1/16 x 16 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
991-12-60/15124
Provenance
Collector
Sarah Pike Conger
(1898 - 1905)
Donor
Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell
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