Skirt Sections Made from a Man's Robe Artist: Unknown

late 18th–early 19th century

Asian Art

Not on view
Medium

Silk satin, gold-wrapped thread, embroidered

Dimensions

42 × 31 in. (106.7 × 78.7 cm) (from waistband to hem and width across waistband)

Credit Line

Gift of Arthur C. Walworth, Jr., B.A. 1925

Accession Number

1978.147a-b

Geography

China

Culture

Chinese

Period

Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Classification

Apparel/Costume

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Arthur C. Walworth Jr., (1903–2005), New Haven, Conn., possibly acquired in Changsha, China [see note 1]; given to the Yale University Art gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1978

Note 1: Arthur Walworth was a teacher at the Yali High School in Changsha, Hunan Province, under the auspices of the Yale-China English Teaching Fellowship from 1925 to 1926.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

clothing, skirts

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