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Woman's domestic formal surcoat (waitao)
Chinese (Han)
Qing dynasty
1870 to 1889
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Silk satin ground with couched gold-wrapped thread
Dimensions
117.3 x 164 cm (46 3/16 x 64 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number17.604
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionWoman's domestic formal surcoat (waitao) with design of cosmic mountain and waves, above which are floral roundels and scattered flowers couched in gold-wrapped thread on a dark blue silk satin ground; center front opening with gold metal button and silk loop closure; lined with light blue plain-weave silk.
ProvenanceLent by Denman W. Ross, April 27, 1910. Denman Waldo Ross Collection; Gift from Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA, February 15, 1917