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Woman's trousers (ku)
Chinese
Qing dynasty
1880s
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Silk damask embroidered with silk
Dimensions
105 x 52 cm (41 5/16 x 20 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number11.133
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionWoman's trousers (ku) of light green damask with design on bottom of each leg of peonies, gourds, butterlies and bats embroidered yellow, orange, white, blue, and gray silk and couced with gold-wrapped thread; edges of trousers legs are trimmed with black satin band embroidered with flowers in blue and white silk and gold thread; white plain-weave linen waistband.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; Gift from Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA, March 2, 1911