Man's Kimono coat of navy blue silk damask with medallions with Chinese symbols within
- Title
- Man's Kimono coat of navy blue silk damask with medallions with Chinese symbols within
- LC Subject
- outerwear
- Description
- Man's Kimono coat of navy blue silk damask with medallions with Chinese symbols within; trimmed along all the edges with a band of embroidered ecru silk with colorful embroidered motifs including floral, bat, and bird; sleeve ends have a band with silk and metallic thread embroidery with pictoral scenes. From record: The style and color indicate that this was worn by a male scholar of lower status than officials, as scholars were not as wealthy as officials.
- Provenance
- Department purchase.
- Motif
- Medallions Pictoral Floral Bat Bird motifs
- Work Type
- coats (garments)
- Location
- People's Republic of China
- Date
- 1801/1900
- Identifier
- 1956.004.001
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Silk Metallic Threads
- Technique
- Embroidery Damask Side wrap closure Chinese knot closure
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University
