Object Number | 2003-40-27F |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | China |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Silk | Velvet | Metal | Cotton |
Technique | Woven | Sewn | Dyed |
Description | An armored jacket of brown silk. Gold-colored metal studs secure small metal plates beneath fabric. The jacket fastens in front with four frogs and metal balls. The sides are open and fasten with three frogs and metal balls. There are two detachable oval-shaped under-arm pieces also armored attaching to each sides with two frogs and metal balls; a long gold silk cord with a fine tassel is attached to the center of each side. A brown velvet binding with a narrow blue cord above, borders every edge except neck. A heavy coarse cotton padding lines the metal plates. |
Length | 74.9 cm |
Width | 80 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
Other Number | 1923.1.13f - Other Number |
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