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Woman's domestic skirt (qun)
Chinese
Qing dynasty
1880s
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Silk damask embroidered with silk
Dimensions
84 x 77 cm (33 1/16 x 30 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number15.542
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionWoman's domestic pleated skirt (qun) of yellow silk damask with design on front and back panel of butterflies, peonies and chrysanthemums embroidered in blue, gray, white, green and black silk and couched gold-wrapped thead; panel, pleats and bottom edge are trimmed with bands of black, white and blue satin; waistband of natural plain-weave linen.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; Gift from Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA on April 1, 1915