Woman's domestic semi-formal coat (pao)
late 19th century
Object PlaceChina
Medium/TechniqueSilk plain-weave ground embroidered with silk floss; metal buttons
Dimensions134.5 x 201 cm (52 15/16 x 79 1/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number21.194
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ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA on December 7, 1911
1800–05
about 1840
about 1865
