Man's jacket. [FB 10/07/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Man's jacket. [FB 10/07/2012]
Long description: Man's jacket. The jacket is made from hemp or ramie textile dyed indigo. The jacket has patch embroidered pockets embroidered with with a geometric pattern in red, white and yellow cotton yarn in satin stitch and cross stitch. The collar and the cuffs of the jacket have been embroidered with geometric patterns in white cotton yarn in cross stitch and edges with white cotton textile. The jacket has seven white cotton braid fastenings on the front. [FB 10/07/2012]
Geographical reference: China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China; North West Guizhou Province Nankai Area
Cultural groups: Hmong
Person: Field collector Deryn O'Connor; PRM source Deryn O'Connor
Date / Period: Date made: Before 10/04/1993
Date collected: 10 April 1993
Acquisition information: Donated: 2006
Materials and processes: Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Hemp Bast Fibre Textile Plant, Material Pigment, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Process Woven, Process Dyed, Process Embroidered, Process Stitched
Dimensions: Width: max 1417 mm, Length: max 770 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2009.135.121 Other numbers: 17
Research and responses: See Miao Costumes from Guizhou Province South West China by Deryn O' Connor. Catalogue of an exhibition at James Hockney Gallery, WSCAD, Farnham.
Associated publications: Miao Costumes from Guizhou Province South West China by Deryn O' Connor. Catalogue of an exhibition at James Hockney Gallery, WSCAD, Farnham. [FB 08/05/2012]

Search terms: Clothing, Textile, Jacket

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