Skirt
1850-1911 (made)
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This type of skirt was worn by a Chinese woman in the late 19th century or early 20th. A three-quarter-length gown went over the top. It is a wraparound style, with the flat panels falling to the front and back and the pleats flaring out to the side.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Embroidered silk satin with linen and damask lining |
| Brief description | Skirt, green silk satin with coloured embroidery, China, Qing dynasty, 1850-1911 |
| Physical description | The skirt is made of two straight and two flaring panels of mid-green satin attached to a wide red linen band having a loop at each end for attachment. It is lined with soft pink damask. The seams, hem, and borders are trimmed with narrow cross-ways black satin bands, wider borders of coloured embroidery with a design of bats and fruits, and a thin ribbon braid. The two main panels with the design known as the Hundred Antiques are embroidered in coloured floss silk in satin stitch, seed stitch, and a couched, twisted cording for outlines. Elsewhere the skirt is embroidered less densely with similar motifs. Only the lower section is embroidered as this is the only part which would show beneath a robe. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs E M Osborn |
| Object history | Registered File number 1980/636. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | This type of skirt was worn by a Chinese woman in the late 19th century or early 20th. A three-quarter-length gown went over the top. It is a wraparound style, with the flat panels falling to the front and back and the pleats flaring out to the side. |
| Bibliographic reference | Wilson, Verity. Chinese Dress, London: V&A Publications, 1986, page 52, photograph page 55 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | FE.12-1980 |
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| Record created | February 6, 2003 |
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