Women's jacket and skirt

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Culture

Hmong

Title

Women's jacket and skirt

Place

China (Object made in)

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Made 1950–1975

Medium

a) Silk; satin damask weave, appliquéd with bands and panels of cotton, plain weave embroidered with silk; silk, plain weave with warp-float patterning tapes b) Synthetic; pleated satin weave and bands of plain weave embroidered with silk; cotton plain weave panel with attached warp-float patterning tape tie

Dimensions

a: 85.1 × 109.2 cm (33 1/2 × 43 in.); b: 72.4 × 147.3 cm (28 1/2 × 58 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Laura Fairbank Sudler

Reference Number

2016.548a-b

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