Woman's maroon embroidered jacket

Collection type: Object
Description: Woman's maroon embroidered jacket
Long description: Woman's heavyweight maroon cotton and embroidered jacket, fastened by two braid ties stitched about halfway down the front edges. The panels are woven and embroidered with Chinese knot stitch and folded star patchwork, and braiding is appliquéd onto the jacket. The embroidery and braiding is stitched to the jacket in wide bands around the collar to about half way down the front opening, along the upper part of the sleeves, running down the arms, and around the sleeves. [LP 20/10/2000]
Geographical reference: China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China; Kaili
Cultural groups: Hmong
Person: Field collector John Gillow; PRM source John Gillow
Date / Period: Date made: Circa 1970-1995
Date collected: Approximately 1999
Acquisition information: Purchased: 09/2000
Materials and processes: Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Pigment, Process Resist Dyed, Process Embroidered, Process Appliqué, Process Patchwork, Process Stitched, Process Woven
Dimensions: Length 915 mm neck to hem, Width 1020 mm cuff to cuff
Object numbers: Accession number: 2000.34.2
Research and responses: "The bands of pattern, with Pekin-knot outlines, are embroidered on strips of cloth that are sewn into the garment after completion.", also illustrated, p. 190-1, Gillow and Sentance, World Textiles; a visual guide to traditional techniques, London : Thames and Hudson, 1999.

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