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Woman's domestic semi-formal robe (pao)
Chinese (Manchu)
Qing dynasty
1880–1900
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Silk plain weave embroidered with silk
Dimensions
142.7 x 182.5 cm (56 3/16 x 71 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Julia Bradford Huntington James Fund
Accession Number02.54
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionManchu woman's domestic semi-formal robe (pao) with side front opening in blue- green plain-weave silk with design of chrysanthemums, peonies and other flowers embroidered with blue, green, yellow, pink, white, orange and red silk; round gold metal buttons with dark blue silk button loops; lined with salmon plain-weave silk.
Provenance1902, Yamanaka and Co., Boston; sold by Yamanaka to the MFA for $2650 [see note 1]. (Accession Date: April 17, 1902)
NOTES:
[1] MFA accession nos. 02.48 - 02.68 were purchased together for this amount.
NOTES:
[1] MFA accession nos. 02.48 - 02.68 were purchased together for this amount.