Woman's Formal Domestic Skirt
Date1875 - 1900
Place of ManufactureAsia
MediumMaterial: silk, satin, yellow, black; cotton;
DimensionsOverall (Width: B of skirt): 92 x 98.5 cm
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ART
Credit LineGift of Helen Jahnke, Courtesy of the Council for Canadian American Relations
Object number2010.021.018
DescriptionA yellow silk satin skirt embroidered with coloured silk floss and couched gold wrapped threads. Skirt opens at front panel and has five gored side sections and wider panels at front and back. Panels, hem and pleats are edged with black. The skirt is adorned on the wider front and back panels with a central dragon amongst various symbols and stylized clouds (ruyi). The outer panels depict a pheonix on either side, as well as gold dragons. The skirt is lined with light blue silk. At the top of the skirt is a waistband of beige cotton fabric with loops to fasten it.Colour: yellow, black, blue, gold, beige
Status
Not on view
1880 - 1900
1860 - 1880
