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Woman's Jacketcirca 1924

On view:
BCAM 2nd Floor, Fashioning Chinese Women: Empire to Modernity
Short women's jacket in ivory brocaded fabric with an allover blue and green pattern of stylized trees and fern-like leaves, wide flared sleeves, and a high stand collar, displayed on a dress form
Title
Woman's Jacket
Place Made
China
Date Made
circa 1924
Medium
Silk plain weave with warp patterning and silk supplementary-weft patterning
Dimensions
Center back length: 24 1/4 in. (61.6 cm) Height (Collar): 1 5/8 in. (4.13 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Chere Lai Mah
Accession Number
M.2022.101.28
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Hansen, Michaela. Fashioning Chinese Women: Empire to Modernity. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books, 2026.

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