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Woman's domestic skirt (qun)
Chinese (Han)
Qing dynasty; Daoguang/Xianfeng periods
mid-19th century
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Silk damask with couched gold-wrapped threads
Dimensions
97 x 69 cm (38 3/16 x 27 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number11.137
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionHan woman's domestic skirt (qun) in brown silk damask woven with floral and fretwork patterns and design on lower half of skirt of butterflies, bats, flowers and Buddhist symbols couched in gold-wrapped thread; trimmed with bands of black, blue, and white satin.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA on July 6, 1911