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Man's Coat; gold brocade on cream ground in palmette and ogive design with touches of lavendar. Coat edged with lavendar striped brocade. Back, front and sleeve pieces woven seperately. Silk brocade.

Man's coat, 19th century

India

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Skirt of red k'ossu, the side sections gored and bound with black satin, and decorated in the lower area with phoenix, bat, peony and the Eternal Sea in shades of blue, green, pink, orange, red, and mauve, Main panels have design of seated 5-clawed dragon in gold; Buddhist symbols, clouds, bat and Eternal Sea in same colors as used in side sections. Main panels and bottom borderd with narrow, double-fold black satin. Lining of medium blue satin damask of floral design. K'ossu said to be rare for skirts.

Skirt, 19th century

China

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Chair cushion of yellow satin embroidered in satin stitch. The central panel has a design of peonies, trailing vines and square spirals in shades of pink, blue, green and yellow. The shaped border is decorated with running meander and swastika in blue and red in knot stitch. Central peony of panel also carries knot stitch in a fungus motif. Border edged with inner line of couched gold threads.

Chair Cushion, Qianlong period, 1736-1795

China

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Panel of Sari Borders, brown silk with gold embroidery. Accessioned retroactively for 1985, March 11, 1986

Panel of Sari Borders, 20th century

India

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Skirt made up of lime green, coral, blue, apricot, plum, red, yellow and pink silk, gored in side sections and edged with applied bands of blue satin shaped at bottom ends, and mounted with narrow braid in lower third of skirt. Main panels have an applique design of figure and landscape medallions embroidered in couched gold threads and silk threads in colors. Elaborate shaped triple border black satin bound with blue; white satin embroidered with flowers, bats and swastika in gold and colored threads; multi-colored silk braid of floral geometric design. Bottom corners of main panels have cut-out scroll motif. Panels lined with thin blue silk.

Skirt, 19th century

China

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Sari, dark blue silk covered with pattern of gold spots. Very wide border of red and gold at bottom and narrower gold border on one side.

Sari, 19th century

India

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Skirt of green k'ossu, the gored side sections bound with black satin and decorated in the lower area with a design of phoenix, peony, bat and the Eternal Sea in shades of blue, green, yellow, red and pink. Main panels have design of seated, five-clawed dragon in gold; flowers, Buddhist symbols, bats, clouds and the Etenrnal sea in shades of blue, green, red, pink, mauve and olive-green. Main panels and bottom bordered with band of black satin embroidered in satin stitch with floral design in shades of blue. Inner border of narrow orange braid. Lining of thin blue silk. K'ossu skirts are said to be rare.

Skirt, 19th century

China

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Skirt of mulberry gauze, the side sections knife-pleated and bound at the edges with strips of black satin. In lower area each pleat embroidered with floral sprays in couched gold thread. Main panels have a design of large peonies, lotus and moth butterflies and leaves in couched gold threads. Main panels and bottom bordered with double fold band of black satin finsished, on the inner edge, with narrow bindings of light blue and white satin. No lining.

Skirt, 19th century

China

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Strip of peach self-patterned silk, partially embroidered with gold thread (couched in red silk) in solid floral design. Probably intended for use on a dress or coat.

Sleeve band, 19th century

China

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Seat(bench) cover of yellow satin embroidered with a fretwork diaper in pink, and spaced dragon-phoenix medallions in shades of blue, tan, yellow and green. Border of Greek key meander in green and pale pink edged with narrow band of couched gold thread. Boxed border of the diapered medallion design. Lining of gold-colored satin damask.

Seat Cover(bench), Jiaqing period, 1796-1820

China

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Dark blue satin kimono lined with burnt orange silk crepe and finished at the bottom with a border of the lining material thickly padded. The outside is embroidered with white herons in silk, and the lining with waves and tortoises in gold thread.

Kimono, 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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Buddhist priest robe of embroiderd white satin. The patched effect of the robe representing Buddha's mendicant days, is marked off in irregular-sized panels by borders of couched gold threads.In the upper middle panel appears Buddha, with the sacred canopy over his head in the square above. In other panels are further figures of Buddha, Buddhist emblems and 102 Lohans, the figures depicted on banks of clouds. The embroidery is in satin, couched and outline stitch in shades of blue ,green, red, yellow, pink, mulberry, orange, brown, violet and tan. Many details of the figures are embroidered in seed pearl and coral beads. The border is embroidered with figures of Lohans and sprays of leaves in the colors of the field. Lining of gold-colored silk of cloud pattern. Note the jade ring and buckle attached to upper portion of lining. (This robe embroidered at soochow circa 1800. Said to have been presented to Preaching Priest of Lama Temple in Peking by Chia Ch'ing and worn at sutra-reciting ceremonies. {?accuracy as robe was re-dated to XX c.})

Robe, 20th century

China

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Long valance of embroidered pale jade green satin. The design represents an old man and his wife who are being honored on their birthday by various people. The central design is a temple with sacred objects on the altar. Landscape background with trees, trellis, flowers, etc.;chiefly satin stitch. At bottom and ends a narrow border of white satin embroidered with blossoms and good luck symbols, double swastika, etc., in shades of blue and in gold thread and peacock feathers. Inner border of ivory braid with trefoil design in colors. At the bottom, a strip of vari-colored tassels. Lining of coarse pink cotton.

Valance, 19th century

China

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Table cover, embroidered with solid ground of orange silk floss. Design of peony flowers, leaves and bats in satin stitch in shades of blue and green; numerous longevity symbols in couched gold threads. Border of solid black floss ground with bats in blue and longevity symbols in couched gold threads. Lining of blue cotton.

Table cover, 18th century

China

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Altar frontal of faded coral satin embroidered with a large elephant, clouds and sprays of floweres in colored silks and couched gold threads; elephant partially worked with peacock feathers. Valance section embroidered with three medallions containing good luck symbols and characters, and flowers. Gold thread and colored silks in couched and satin stitch. Borders of black satin embroidered with flowers in shades of blue, and symbols in couched gold threads. Lining of pink cotton.

Altar Frontal, 19th century

China

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Panel, 18th century

China

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Carpet, 18th century

China

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Medallion Robe, 19th-20th century

China

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Robe, Date Unknown

China

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Scarf, 20th century

India

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Mandarin Square, 18th century

China

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Hanging with Dragon, 19th century

China

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