About this artwork
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Textiles
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Title
- Man's Theater Costume (Reversible)
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Place
- China (Object made in)
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Date
- Made 1850–1900
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Medium
- Silk, warp-float faced 3:1 'Z' twill weave self-patterned by areas of plain weave; edged with bands of silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, laid work and couching; embellished with gilt-metal framed mirrors; trimmed with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, plain weave; collar: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk in eyelet and satin stitches; inner coat: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 and 4:1 satin weaves; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton in satin stitches; laid work and couching; trimmed with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, plain weave and with silk, knotted cut fringe wrapped with gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton threads; closures: silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave; lined with ramie, plain weave; glazed; inner lining: ramie, plain weave; metal buttons
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Dimensions
- 137.8 × 207.3 cm (54 1/4 × 81 5/8 in.); Repeat: 15.8 × 16.4 cm (6 1/4 × 6 1/2 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. John J. Abbott
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Reference Number
- 1943.553
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/47247/manifest.json