Woman's domestic semi-formal surcoat (waitao)
last quarter 18th century
Object PlaceChina
Medium/TechniqueSilk gauze with gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps
Dimensions110.5 x 151.1 cm (43 1/2 x 59 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. H. M. von Brandt
Accession number96.652
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ProvenancePurchased by donor in Beijing about 1889; gift of Mrs. H. M. von Brandt of Wiesbaden, Germany, wife of the late German minister, to the MFA on October 6, 1896.
18th century
18th or 19th century
18th or 19th century
late 18th or early 19th century
19th century
late 18th century
18th century
18th century
18th century
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19th century
19th century