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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ClassificationsCostumes

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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

1870–80

1870–80

late 19th century

1870s

1870 to1879

late 19th century

19th century

last quarter 18th century

late 19th century

1920s