Coat

2003-38-128

From: China | Cochin (China)

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 2003-38-128
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Yao (Asian culture)
Provenience China | Cochin (China)
Section Asian
Materials Cotton | Glass
Technique Woven | Dyed | Embroidered
Description

A woman's robe with long sleeves woven of cotton; dyed indigo blue; an embroidered band of white gold, tan, black and brown in a geometrical design around the neck and down the front, the waist is edged with red pompoms and white and black beads. A white binding edges the robe and sleeves. Two sets of 4 strands of white and black beads ending with a red fringe hang from the top of the side slits. Unlined, but bound with a narrow blue facing.

Height 121 cm
Width 160.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1900.1.1199 - Other Number

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