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Woman's domestic skirt (qun)
Chinese
Qing dynasty
1880s
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Silk satin embroidered with silk and couched with gold-wrapped thread
Dimensions
81.3 x 63.3 cm (32 x 24 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number15.546
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionWoman's domestic pleated skirt (qun) of yellow silk satin with lower part of front and back panels embroidered with flowers, a vase, butterflies, endless knot and scattered flowers and bats in green, blue, white and pink silk and couched with gold-wrapped thead; pleats and bottom edge trimmed with bands of black satin; white plain-weave linen waistband.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA on April 1, 1915