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Woman's domestic skirt (qun)
Chinese
Qing dynasty
1860s to 1870s
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Silk satin embroidered with silk and couched with gold-wrapped thread
Dimensions
101 x 59.5 cm (39 3/4 x 23 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number15.539
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionWoman's domestic pleated skirt (qun) in red silk damask with design of auspicious clouds and endless knot motifs and lower panels embroidered with butterflies, peonies, and other flowers in couched gold-wrapped thread; trimmed with bands of black satin embroidered with floral motifs in blue, white and green silk; white plain-weave linen waistband.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA on