Collar
19th century (made)
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Collars such as this one would have been worn as part of a woman's formal dress, during a formal occasion. Such collars are sometimes nicknamed a 'cloud collar'; possibly due to panels formed in the shape of a ruyi cloud, as the panel on the back of this one is.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Embroidery on silk |
| Brief description | Collar, embroidered silk, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), 19th century |
| Physical description | Collar, blue and black satin embroidered with floss silks and fringed with knitted green silk and yellow silk tassels. blue and white flowers with ruyi design pattern. Satin stitch embroidery on satin. Fringed with knotted tassels. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs Arkcoll |
| Object history | Believed to have been taken from a Mandarin in the seige of Amoy. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. |
| Summary | Collars such as this one would have been worn as part of a woman's formal dress, during a formal occasion. Such collars are sometimes nicknamed a 'cloud collar'; possibly due to panels formed in the shape of a ruyi cloud, as the panel on the back of this one is. |
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| Accession number | 16-1881 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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