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Asian Art
Public domain

Silk embroidered Skirt

late 18th–early 19th century

Blue silk satin ground embroidered with polychrome silks and metallic gold threads

42 × 31 in. (106.7 × 78.7 cm) (from waistband to hem and width across waistband)
Gift of Arthur C. Walworth, Jr., B.A. 1925
1978.147a-b
Geography: 
China
Status: 
Not on view
Culture: 
Chinese
Period: 
Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Classification: 
Apparel/Costume
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