Reading Glasses Item Number: N1.10 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Metal spectacles (part a) that have foldable arms. The case (part b) is made of thin wood covered with dark blue-purple silk and having a design consisting of a deer and good luck symbols embroidered in red and yellow on one side while there is calligraphy embroidered in dark blue on the other side on a yellow silk background. The case has a lime green tasseled cord at one end and a metal button on the other end that has a green stone?
Item History
- Made in China
- Owned by Emily Flowers before July 20, 1971
- Received from Emily Flowers (Donor) on July 20, 1971
What
- Name
- Reading Glasses
- Identification Number
- N1.10 a-b
- Type of Item
- glass
- Material
- metal, silk fibre, wood and glass
- Manufacturing Technique
- cut, embroidered, sewn, woven and dyed
- Part A
- height 5.4 cm, width 13.3 cm, depth 14.7 cm
- Part B
- height 1.9 cm, width 28.4 cm, depth 7.2 cm
Who
- Culture
- Chinese
- Previous Owner
- Emily Flowers
- Received from
- Emily Flowers (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- China
When
- Ownership Date
- before July 20, 1971
- Acquisition Date
- on July 20, 1971
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- poor
- Accession Number
- 2217/0001 a-b