Robe
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Robe closing diagonally across the shoulder and under the right arm. Made of dark purple silk in gauze weave with medallions of dragons and floral designs. Trimmed with a wide black silk band embroidered in shades of blue with flowers, butterflies, and auspicious symbols; and a narrow green band woven with floral designs. Fastenings are four silk frogs with four spherical brass buttons.
place: label: made in
content: China
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mary T. Cockcroft
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1941-46-3
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Robe
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk Technique: gauze weave; woven and embroidered trims Label: silk gauze, woven and embroidered trims
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 134 x 177.8 cm (52 3/4 x 5 ft. 10 in.)