Skirt
19th century (made)
| Place of origin |
Actor's apron of coloured silks, partly embroidered with coloured silks and gold thread. The apron consists of a broad waist-band of blue silk, from which hang ten strips of different coloured silks; each strip terminates in a wider base, from which hang three pointed embroidered strips of different coloured silks, all of equal length. The ten bases are embroidered with large bats, the lower strips with floral sprays, bats, etc., with gold detached strip of folded pale-blue silk with a single floral stem begun at the end in knotted embroidery.
There is a small detached strip of folded pale-blue silk with a single floral stem begun at the end in knotted embroidery.
There is a small detached strip of folded pale-blue silk with a single floral stem begun at the end in knotted embroidery.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Embroidered silk with coloured silks and gold thread |
| Brief description | Actor's apron and fragment, embroidered silk with coloured silks and gold thread, China, 19th century |
| Physical description | Actor's apron of coloured silks, partly embroidered with coloured silks and gold thread. The apron consists of a broad waist-band of blue silk, from which hang ten strips of different coloured silks; each strip terminates in a wider base, from which hang three pointed embroidered strips of different coloured silks, all of equal length. The ten bases are embroidered with large bats, the lower strips with floral sprays, bats, etc., with gold detached strip of folded pale-blue silk with a single floral stem begun at the end in knotted embroidery. There is a small detached strip of folded pale-blue silk with a single floral stem begun at the end in knotted embroidery. |
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| Object history | Purchased from Carl Langweil (8 Silver Street, Holborn, W.C.), accessioned in 1907. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 546&A-1907 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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