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Embroidery fragment sleeve facing
Embroidery fragment sleeve facing

Embroidery fragment sleeve facing

1860s
Object PlaceChina
Medium/TechniqueSilk cut pile (velvet) embroidered with silk
DimensionsOverall (Old dimensions retained.): 67.3 x 21.6 cm (26 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Louis H. Farlow
Accession number10.64
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceGift from Louis H. Farlow to the MFA, March 3, 1910
Temple hanging (pechhavai)
late 16th or early 17th century
Woman's domestic semi-formal coat (ao)
third quarter of the 19th century
Woman's domestic short coat (magua)
first quarter 20th century
Woman's domestic short coat (magua)
first quarter 20th century
Sash (obi)
19th century
Length of silk for sash (obi)
18th or 19th century
Group shot: 2008.716.1-3
Yves Saint Laurent
about 1977
Length of velvet
1450–1500