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Woman's jacket in two parts

20th century
Object PlaceShidong, China
Medium/Techniquecalendared cotton plain weave, embroidered with silk; calendared cotton plain weave with cotton plain weave bands appliqued and embroidered
DimensionsOverall (jacket): 116.8 × 91.4 cm (46 × 36 in.)
Height x width (skirt): 27.9 cm (11 in.)
Credit LineGift of Jeffrey B. Spurr in memory of Monni Adams
Accession number2018.3200.1-2
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceBetween 2007 and 2011, sold by Tiang Ding Yang (dealer), Shanghai, China, to Jeffrey Spurr, Cambridge, MA; 2018, gift of Jeffrey Spurr to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 12, 2018)
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