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Part of a Set of Child's Clothes: Red Embroidered Shirt/Jacket
Part of a Set of Child's Clothes: Red Embroidered Shirt/Jacket
Object Number 991-12-60/15125
Display Title Part of a Set of Child's Clothes: Red Embroidered Shirt/Jacket
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Yes (Chinese name)
Object Description Part of a set of a child's clothes: red embroidered shirt/jacket. Trimming done in satin stitch with auspicious motifs of the butterfly, cherry blossom, and pomegranite - a symbol of fertility. Cotton gauze lining. * The set was given by Wang Wen Shao (Grand Secretary) for Sarah Buchan Jewell. <transliteration> (Chinese name). 83 cm. (?) x 52cm. (?).
Inventory Description Shirt, red silk, embroidered cuffs, collar, pink cotton lining
Classification
  • Shirt
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Materials Silk, Cotton, Silk thread, Dye, Silk cloth, Cotton fabric, Synthetic cloth
Dimensions Overall: 56.8 x 82.7 cm (22 3/8 x 32 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-12-60/15125
Provenance
Collector Sarah Pike Conger (1898 - 1905)
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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