Woman's semi-formal domestic surcoat (waitao)
mid to late 18th century
Object PlaceChina
Medium/TechniqueSilk gauze embroidered with silk and couched with metallic gold-wrapped threads
Dimensions113 x 169 cm (44 1/2 x 66 9/16 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number02.399
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ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA on May 10, 1902.
late 19th century
first quarter 19th century
late 19th century
1870–80
last quarter 18th century
mid-19th century
1870s
1870 to1879
1650–1700
late 19th century