Woman's domestic surcoat (waitao)
late 19th century
Object PlaceChina
Medium/TechniqueSilk satin-weave ground embroidered with silk and couched with gold-wrapped threads
Dimensions121 x 135.3 cm (47 5/8 x 53 1/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number21.190
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Not on viewClassificationsCostumes
Collections
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA on March 3, 1921
mid-19th century
1775–1800
Late 19th century
late 19th century
late 19th century
late 19th century
late 19th century
late 19th century
late 19th century
19th century
