Artworks · Han-Chinese

Panel

1875 · Forty-four pairs and eight odd pieces of embroidered sleeve, ankle bands, etc. on gauze.

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Trouser Band

1875 · Forty-four pairs and eight odd pieces of embroidered sleeve, ankle bands, etc. on gauze.

14 × 49.5 cm (5 1/2 × 19 1/2 in.)

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Trouser Band

1875 · Forty-four pairs and eight odd pieces of embroidered sleeve, ankle bands, etc. on gauze.

10.5 × 31.7 cm (4 1/8 × 12 1/2 in.)

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Trouser Band

1875 · Forty-four pairs and eight odd pieces of embroidered sleeve, ankle bands, etc. on gauze.

6.3 × 32.8 cm (2 1/2 × 12 7/8 in.)

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Trouser Band

1875 · Forty-four pairs and eight odd pieces of embroidered sleeve, ankle bands, etc. on gauze.

7.8 × 32.2 cm (3 × 12 5/8 in.)

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Trouser Band

1875 · embroidered on gauze

21 × 42.4 cm (8 1/4 × 16 5/8 in.)

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Panel (sleeveband)

1875 · embroidered gauze

13 × 38.2 cm (5 1/8 × 15 in.)

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Fragment (Dress Fabric)

1875 · embroidered on silk

4.8 × 30.2 cm (2 × 11 7/8 in.)

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Woman's Sleeve Band

1875 · Gauze; embroidered

64.5 × 12.5 cm (25 3/8 × 5 7/8 in.)

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Woman's Sleeve Band

1875 · Stylized floral and geometric pattern primarily blue tones embroidered on gauze.

13 × 31.3 cm (5 1/8 × 12 3/8 in.)

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Panel (For Sleeve Bands)

1875 · Forty-four pairs and eight odd pieces of embroidered sleeve, ankle bands, etc. on gauze.

88.9 × 19 cm (35 × 7 1/2 in.)

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Panel (Dress Fabric)

1875 · embroidered on gauze

20.3 × 45.5 cm (8 × 17 7/8 in.)

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Panel (Dress Fabric)

1875 · embroidered on gauze

26.3 × 11.2 cm (10 3/8 × 4 3/8 in.)

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Woman's Sleeve Bands

1875 · Figures and geometric patterns embroidered on gauze.

12.2 × 53.8 cm (4 3/4 × 21 1/4 in.)

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Trouser Band

1875 · Embroidered on gauze

7.7 × 38.8 cm (3 × 15 1/4 in.)

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Woman's Trouser Band

1875 · Embroidered on gauze

13.3 × 38.7 cm (5 1/4 × 15 1/4 in.)

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Woman's Trouser Band

1875 · Embroidered on gauze

14.2 × 33.5 cm (5 5/8 × 13 1/4 in.)

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Panel (Furnishing Fabric)

1875 · Embroidered on gauze

16.2 × 43.2 cm (6 3/4 × 17 in.)

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Fragment (Sleeve Band)

1875 · Embroidered on gauze

26.2 × 32.5 cm (10 1/4 × 12 3/4 in.)

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Fragment (Trouser Band)

1875 · Embroidered on gauze

12.6 × 34.5 cm (5 × 13 1/2 in.)

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Fragment (From a Sleeve Band)

1875 · Embroidered on gauze

20.3 × 45.5 cm (8 × 18 in.)

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Panel (Dress Fabric)

1875 · Embroidered on gauze

32 × 23 cm (12 5/8 × 9 in.)

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Fragment (Touser Bands)

1875 · Embroidered on gauze

15.6 × 30.5 cm (6 1/8 × 12 in.)

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Panel (Furnishing Fabric)

1875 · Cut velvet wall hanging

161 × 52.4 cm (63 3/8 × 20 5/8 in.)

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Panel (Dress Fabric)

1875 · Brocade, dragons, bats and clouds, soft yellow

108.5 × 78 cm (42 3/4 × 30 3/4 in.)

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Woman's Ao (Short Robe)

1875 · Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in knot, satin and stem stitches; laid work and couching; sleeve facing: silk, 7:1 satin damask weave; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in knot, satin, single satin, split, and stem stitches (under drawing in black ink or graphite); edging and cloud collar: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-wrapped silk in satin and stem stitches; laid work and couching; collar: silk, 7:1 satin damask weave; ribbons: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, stripes of 7:1 satin weave and stripes of plain weave with supplementary patterning warps and of silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, stripes of 7:1 satin weave, and stripes of plain weave with supplementary patterning warps; tapes: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, 1:1 oblique interlacing and silk, plain weave with self-patterning main warp floats; trim and closures: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; lined with silk, plain weave

109.9 × 134 cm (43 1/4 × 52 3/4 in.)

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Embroidered Trimmings for a Woman's Ao (Short Coat)

1875 · Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; ink outlines; embroidered in back, cross, eyelet, fly, knot, single satin, satin, split, and stem stitches; couching

100 × 75.7 cm (39 3/8 × 29 3/4 in.)

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Woman's Waitao (Semiformal Domestic Surcoat)

1875 · Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped wild silk and silk, laid work and couching; collar tape, closures, and lining: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; metal button

100.3 × 155.8 cm (39 1/2 × 61 3/8 in.)

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Uncut Yardage (For Woman's Coat)

1875 · Panel of uncut sleeve bands and collar edging, shades of blue embroidery on cream satin.

98.8 × 72.1 cm (38 7/8 × 28 3/8 in.)

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Fragment (Trouser Band)

1875

10.3 × 32 cm (4 1/8 × 12 5/8 in.)

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Sleeve Band

1875 · embroidered in silks on gauze in design of flowers and plants in jardinieres

63.7 × 17.4 cm (25 1/8 × 6 7/8 in.)

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Bridal Long Pao (Dragon Robe)

1875 · Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:2 'Z' twill interlacings; painted details; closures, ties, and lining: silk, 4:1 satin damask weave; metal clasps and knotted button

129.6 × 187.3 cm (51 × 73 3/4 in.)

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Trouser Band

1875 · Embroidered on gauze

10.6 × 36.8 cm (4 1/4 × 14 1/2 in.)

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Woman's Ao (Short Robe)

1870 · Silk, 7:1 satin damask weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in knot, satin, and stem stitches; laid work and couching; sleeve bands: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped wild silk, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in eyelet, feather, knot, satin, single satin, and stem stitches; laid work and couching; ribbons: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, complementary warp 7:1 satin weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and self-patterning ground wefts; trim and closures: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 and 4:1 satin weaves; lined with silk, plain weave

109.5 × 145.1 cm (43 1/8 × 57 1/8 in.); Repeat: 10.8 × 9.2 cm (4 1/4 × 3 5/8 in.)

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Woman's Qun (Semiformal Domestic Skirt)

1870 · Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton in knot, single satin, satin, split, and stem stitches; laid work and couching; ribbons: silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps; trimmed with silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave; waistband: cotton, plain weave; lined with silk, plain weave

97.7 × 101.5 cm (38 1/2 × 40 in.)

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Woman's Surcoat

1860 · Body: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped wild silk in laid work and couching; neck, front, hem, sides and sleeves: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk wrapped cotton in knot, satin and stem stitches; laid work and couching; edged with silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; sleeve bands: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in knot, satin and stem stitches; laid work and couching; three ribbons: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, plain weave self-patterned by main warp floats (narrowest has gold-leaf-over-lacquered-strip-wrapped silk); lined with silk, plain weave

97.5 × 130.2 cm (38 3/8 × 51 1/4 in.)

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Vestment (For a First-degree Taoist Priest)

1850 · Silk and cotton, plain weaves and silk, plain weave self-patterned by ground weft floats; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton in chain, eyelet, and satin stitches; laid work and couching; collar and edge trim: silk, warp-float faced 4:1 and 6:1 satin weaves; lined with ramie, plain weave

141.8 × 162.9 cm (55 3/4 × 64 1/8 in.)

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Trimming

1850 · White gauze, embroidered strips

61 × 44.1 cm (24 × 17 3/8 in.)

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Trimming

1850 · White gauze, embroidered strips

47.5 × 6.2 cm (18 3/4 × 2 3/4 in.)

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Trimming

1850 · White gauze, embroidered strips

61 × 4.2 cm (24 × 1 5/8 in.)

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Trimming

1850 · White gauze, embroidered strips

62.5 × 5.7 cm (24 5/8 × 2 1/4 in.)

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Trimming

1850 · White gauze, embroidered strips

47.6 × 4.5 cm (18 3/4 × 1 3/4 in.)

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Trimming

1850 · White gauze, embroidered strips

28.2 × 13.6 cm (11 1/8 × 5 3/8 in.)

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Trimming

1850 · White gauze, embroidered strips

48.8 × 5.7 cm (19 1/4 × 2 1/4 in.)

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Trimming

1850 · White gauze, embroidered strips

63.5 × 5.8 cm (25 × 2 1/4 in.)

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Boy's Baijia Pao ("One Hundred Household" Robe)

1850 · Silk, warp-float faced 3:1 'Z' twill weaves self-patterned by areas of plain weave; pieced; medallions with under drawing in black pigment and trimmed with cords of gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk couched with silk; neck facing: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered in satin, single satin, and stem stitches; trimmed with braid of silk, 2:2 oblique interlacing and with ribbon of silk and cotton, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with supplementary patterning warps and self-patterned by main warp floats; ties: silk, warp-float faced 3:1 'Z' twill weave self-patterned by areas of plain weave; lined with silk, plain weave

65 × 114.6 cm (25 5/8 × 45 1/8 in.)

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Woman's Waitao (Semiformal Domestic Surcoat)

1820 · Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered in knot, satin, and stem stitches; sleeve bands: silk, plain weave self-patterned by ground weft floats and areas of 1:1 gauze crossings; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in knot, satin, and split stitches; laid work and couching; edged with silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound by secondary binding warps and self-patterned by ground weft floats; ribbon: silk and silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps; trim, closures, and ties: silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave; lined with silk, 3:1 twill damask weave; sleeve inner lining: cotton, plain weave

114.7 × 133.8 cm (45 1/8 × 52 5/8 in.)

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Sleeve band

1801 · Couched and embroidered sleeve-bands from a robe, cut and framed as a three-panel folding desk screen. Two lower halves joined to form central frame, top halves form panels at either side. Figures and auspicious symbols in colors and gold on ivory silk grou nd.

29.5 × 19.4 cm (11 5/8 × 7 5/8 in.)

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