Woman's Waitao (Semiformal Domestic Surcoat)

Han-Chinese · Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1875/1900

Woman's Waitao (Semiformal Domestic Surcoat)

Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped wild silk and silk, laid work and couching; collar tape, closures, and lining: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; metal button

Art Institute of Chicago · CC0 1.0

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