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Part of a Set of Child's Clothes: Red Embroidered Hood with Ribbon Ties
Part of a Set of Child's Clothes: Red Embroidered Hood with Ribbon Ties
Object Number 991-12-60/15126
Display Title Part of a Set of Child's Clothes: Red Embroidered Hood with Ribbon Ties
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Yes (Chinese name)
Object Description Part of a set of a child's clothes: red embroidered hood with ribbon ties. Decorative motifs of peonies, butterfly, and peaches - the peach symbolized long life. Trimming done in satin stitching (with voiding), fern, and stem stitching. Trimming also at the ends of ribbon ties with decorative motifs of the endless knot and peony. * The set was given by Wang Wen Shao (Grand Secretary) for Sarah Buchan Jewell. <transliteration> (Chinese name). 48 cm. (?) x 217.5 cm. (?) x 11 cm. (?).
Inventory Description Hat, hood shape, red silk, ribbon, embroidery trim and ties, cotton lining
Classification
  • Hat
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Materials Silk, Cotton, Thread, Dye, Silk cloth, Cotton fabric, Synthetic cloth
Dimensions Overall: 46.8 x 47.5 x 8 cm (18 7/16 x 18 11/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-12-60/15126; 730
Provenance
Collector Sarah Pike Conger (1898 - 1905)
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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