Woman's domestic surcoat (waitao)
last quarter 18th century
Object PlaceChina
Medium/TechniqueSilk gauze embroidered in silk and couched in gold-wrapped thread
Dimensions115.4 x 140 cm (45 7/16 x 55 1/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. H. M. von Brandt
Accession number96.653
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ProvenanceMrs. H. M. von Brandt, purchased in Peking, about 1889; gift to the MFA on October 6, 1896.
late 19th century
mid-19th century
first quarter 19th century
mid to late 18th century
1870s
1870 to1879
1650–1700
late 19th century
19th century
late 18th century