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Fragment of a robe (pao)
Chinese
Qing dynasty
1880–90
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Silk embroidered with silk and couched with gold-wrapped thread
Dimensions
Overall: 21.3 x 21 cm (8 3/8 x 8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number11.175
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionA circular medallion from a woman's robe (pao) with flowers and butterflies embroidered in green, dark and light blue, white and various shades of brown silk and couched with gold-wrapped thread.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; Gift from Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA, March 2, 1911