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Object Number 991-12-60/15119
Display Title Child's Pink Padded Silk Brocade Pants
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Yes (Chinese name)
Object Description Child's padded silk brocade pants. Pink silk. White cotton waistband and lining. Red/pink? silk ribbon trim around cuffs. Just above, embroidered decorative borders: indigo blue and pink with floral motifs. <transliteration> (Chinese name). 69 cm. (l) x 59 cm. (w).
Inventory Description Pants, padded, pink silk, embroidered cuffs, white cotton waistband, stained
Classification
  • Pants
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Dimensions Overall: 69.4 x 29 cm (27 5/16 x 11 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-12-60/15119; 729 / B
Provenance
Collector Sarah Pike Conger (1898 - 1905)
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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