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Woman's domestic short coat (magua)
Woman's domestic short coat (magua)

Woman's domestic short coat (magua)

first quarter 20th century
Object PlaceChina
Medium/TechniqueSilk cut and uncut pile (velvet) on a satin-weave ground
Dimensions77 x 171 cm (30 5/16 x 67 5/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number21.193
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA on March 3, 1921
Woman's domestic short coat (magua)
first quarter 20th century
Carpet
19th–20th century (?)
Panel of velvet
early 19th century
Fragment of velvet
late 19th century
Sash (obi)
19th century
Group shot: 2008.716.1-3
Yves Saint Laurent
about 1977
Group shot: 50.803a-b
Charles Frederick Worth
about 1880
Length of velvet
1450–1500
Panel of velvet
second half of 19th century