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Chinese

Overskirt, ca. 1840

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Chinese

Title

Overskirt

Year

ca. 1840

Medium

silk; cotton

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • silk,
  • cotton

Techniques

  • painted,
  • satin weave

Dimensions

panel width 69.8 cm (27 1/2 inches) (width) from seam to seam of each fabric panel in the skirt. sel

Type

  • Fashion,
  • Costume

Credit

Gift of Antoinette Clarke

Object Number

61.096

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

A World of Costume and Textiles

September 22 - November 12, 1989

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Overskirt with the accession number of 61.096. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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