Skirt Item Number: Edz1481 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Multicoloured damask skirt with pleats and embroidery. Across the top is a wide cotton waistband with three rows of frog closures. The various damask panels are woven with bat and flower motifs and eight Buddhist objects of good fortune. On the edges of the skirt are black borders. On the front and back are panels with elaborate borders and butterfly, bat and fish motifs surrounding rectangular pictures of Chinese figures in red, gold, yellow, black, purple, green and blue. Small embroidered butterflies with beaded eyes and black bats are attached between the panels. The inside is unlined.
Item History
- Made in Sichuan, China
- Collected between 1922 and 1952
- Owned by Katharine Willmott
- Owned by Donald Willmott before June 20, 1986
- Received from Donald Willmott (Donor) on June 20, 1986
What
- Name
- Skirt
- Identification Number
- Edz1481
- Type of Item
- skirt
- Material
- silk fibre, dye, cotton fibre and glass
- Overall
- height 99.0 cm, width 118.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Chinese
- Previous Owner
- Katharine Willmott and Donald Willmott
- Received from
- Donald Willmott (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Sichuan, China
When
- Collection Date
- between 1922 and 1952
- Ownership Date
- before June 20, 1986
- Acquisition Date
- on June 20, 1986
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 1143/0012