Woman's Qun (Semiformal Domestic Skirt)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Culture

Han-Chinese

Title

Woman's Qun (Semiformal Domestic Skirt)

Origin

China

Date

Made 1870–1890

Medium

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

Dimensions

97.7 × 101.5 cm (38 1/2 × 40 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Chauncey McCormick

Reference Number

1957.546

IIIF Manifest  The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) represents a set of open standards that enables rich access to digital media from libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions around the world.

Learn more.

https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/6775/manifest.json

Extended information about this artwork

Object information is a work in progress and may be updated as new research findings emerge. To help improve this record, please email . Information about image downloads and licensing is available here.