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Woman's domestic short coat (magua)

late 19th century
Object PlaceChina
Medium/TechniqueSilk satin ground embroidered in silk and couched with gold-wrapped thread, quilted
Dimensions79.3 x 147.5 cm (31 1/4 x 58 1/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of M.M. Greer
Accession number64.2192
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceGift of M.M. Greer to the MFA on December 9, 1964
late 18th century
Late 19th century
late 19th century
late 19th century, made from 17th century fabric
mid-19th century