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Child's Lavender Silk Brocade Pants
Child's Lavender Silk Brocade Pants
Object Number 991-12-60/15116
Display Title Child's Lavender Silk Brocade Pants
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Yes (Chinese name)
Object Description Child's lavender silk brocade pants. White cotton waistband and ties. Black silk ribbon around cuffs. Just above, embroidered decorative borders - indigo blue and light green with floral motifs. <transliteration> (Chinese name). 49 cm. (l) x 32 cm. (w).
Inventory Description Pants, patterened lavender silk, blue cuffs, black trim, cotton waist and ties
Classification
  • Pants
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Materials Silk, Silk thread, Cotton, Dye, Silk cloth, Cotton fabric
Dimensions Overall: 48.5 x 30.3 cm (19 1/8 x 11 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-12-60/15116; 727 / B
Provenance
Collector Sarah Pike Conger (1898 - 1905)
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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