Jacket

2003-38-102

From: China | Hainan Island

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 2003-38-102
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Li
Provenience China | Hainan Island
Section Asian
Materials Cotton
Technique Woven | Dyed | Sewn | Embroidered
Description

A blue cotton jacket; a V-neckline, front and back edged with tan cording followed by 2 rows of white zig-zag stitching; sleeves attached to jacket with zig-zag stitching, which continues to bottom of jacket; cuffs have 1 1/2" embroidered "star" design in red, white, blue; embroidered border at bottom, in orange, blue and white; shows birds guarding the "tree of life" (See Marks for 1900.1.1144); larger pattern at sides embroidered in a fish design in yellow, blues, tan.

Height 60.5 cm
Width 113.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1900.1.1147 - Other Number

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