Han woman's domestic semi-formal coat (ao) in white silk damask with woven designs of auspicious symbols and embroidered with design of ten figural roundels, floral roundels, flowers and butterflies in polychrome silk and couched gold-wrapped thread; trimmed in blue satin with various auspicious...
Provenance
Gift of Miss Alison Haughton to the MFA June 8, 1950 Transferred from Asiatic Dept. to Textiles.
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Alison Haughton
Chinese (Han), Qing dynasty, 1860–70
Object Place
China
Dimensions
111.5 x 149.2 cm (43 7/8 x 58 3/4 in.)
Accession Number
50.2480
Medium or Technique
Silk damask embroidered with silk and couched gold-wrapped threads