Woman's domestic skirt (qun)
mid 19th–late 19th century
Object PlaceChina
Medium/TechniqueCotton plain weave; silk damask; silk satin; silk and metallic embroidery
DimensionsHeight x width: 38 3/8 x 61 13/16 in. (97.5 x 157 cm)
Credit LineGift of Julia Swope Child
Accession number2010.59
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Provenance1920s, purchased by Mary Swope, Massachusetts, in Beijing, China; 1957, by inheritance to her son, Isaac Swope, Massachusetts; by descent to his daughter, Julia Swope Child, Woods Hole, MA; gift of Child to the MFA. (Accession date: February 24, 2010)
1840
19th century
before 1892
mid-19th century
late 19th century
second half of the 18th century
