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Unknown Maker, Chinese

Woman's overcoat

Description

Maker

Unknown Maker, Chinese

Culture

Chinese

Title

Woman's overcoat

Year

1800s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

silk, metallic yarn, brass (alloy)

Geography

Place Made: China

Dimensions

139.1 cm (54 3/4 inches) center-back length

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Bequest of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich

Object Number

55.215

Type

Projects & Publications

Publications

  • Journal

Manual / Issue 15: Green

RISD Museum’s Manual 15 Celebrates Green

New life is always shown to us through mokingpu, the color green-the light green stems of rabbitbrush, one of the few colors seen the winter; the tender green shoots of new corn that emerge in the spring against the backdrop of the dry brown earth. Green offers hope. Green represents life.

-Susan Sekaquaptewa

A welcome splash of color after a long winter, the RISD Museum’s fifteenth issue of Manual is awash in shades of green, celebrating the color's myriad associations with nature and growth, environmentalism and sustainable practices, newness and hope (as well as poison and currency) and delving into the histories of specific pigments and processes. Manual 15 opens with an introductory essay by Hopi grower Susan Sekaquaptewa, who details the soft hues of the flora of Northern Arizona. “You appreciate plants more when you develop a relationship with them,” she explains.

This issue of Manual is supported in part by a grant from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, through an appropriation by the Rhode Island General Assembly and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional generous support is provided by the RISD Museum Associates and Sotheby’s.

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Razzle-Dazzle
The Language of Ornament in Asian Costume and Textiles
Jun 16, 2006 – Oct 15, 2006

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Tombstone

Unknown Maker, Chinese
Woman's overcoat, 1800s
Silk, metallic-wrapped yarn, brass stud; compound weave, velvet with appliqué
139.1 cm (54 3/4 inches) center-back length
Bequest of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich 55.215

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