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Formal dragon robe
Object Number 990-16-60/14559
Display Title Formal dragon robe
Descriptions
Object Description Blue silk with designs in satin-stitch embroidery and couched metallic-foil-wrapped threads. Design is multicolor dragons, floral motifs and plain. Five gold-tone metal button closures. Collar is frayed. Sleeves are black silk.
Inventory Description Robe, blue silk, open front, metal buttons, embroidered dragon designs
Classification
  • Robe
Department Ethnographic
Date Late 19th century
Culture
  • Ch'ing
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Additional Geographic Terms Manchuria
Materials Silk, Dye, Metal, Satin
Dimensions Overall: 149 x 240 cm (58 11/16 x 94 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 990-16-60/14559
Provenance
Collector Warren J. Mead (1920)
Donor Jere Mead (8/13/90)
Donor Dorothea P. Mead (8/13/1990)

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