Red silk jacket. Garment is short in the body with wide sleeves and a small upright neck, closing on the right side and horizontally across the front of the shoulder. Fabric is red silk, heavily embroidered front and back with peony flowers, foliage, butterflies and birds, as well as linear decorations in blue, light green, white and pink at back of neck and around the arms. The jacket’s interior is lined with light green fabric, and padded. Sides at bottom and cuffs are edged in blue silk with black and green, and gold ribbons. Buttons are brass with a glass centre.

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• Type of Item jacket
• Culture Chinese
• Material silk fibre, brass metal, glass
• Measurements height 67.0 cm, width 114.5 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Kathleen F. Spooner, Norah Hewson
• Received from Norah Hewson

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• Made in Sichuan

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• Creation Date before 1945
• Collection Date between 1932 and 1945
• Ownership Date before June 7, 2016
• Acquisition Date on June 7, 2016

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• Item Classes textiles
• Condition fair
• Accession Number 3178/0001