DepartmentTextiles-Asia

jacket

Namejacket

Artist Artist Not Recorded

CultureMiao

Date20th century

Place madeGUIZHOU, China, ASIA

MediumCotton, polished cotton, silk

Dimensionsjacket: 50 × 28 in. (127.0003 × 71.1201 cm)

Credit LineGift of Susan and John Pifer

Object numberA.2022.7.83

ProvenanceGift from donors who purchased items directly from makers during trips to SW China in the 1990s with professional touring companies

DescriptionA short, woman's jacket of black polished cotton, lined in a grey loose weave cotton fabric. The jacket has a silk floral embroidered border on each sleeve and 3 rows of decorative ribbon on the collar. The front opening and lower edge, front and back, have a multi-colored embroidered border.