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Woman's Dress (Qipao)late 1930s

On view:

BCAM 2nd Floor, Fashioning Chinese Women: Empire to Modernity

Floor-length qipao displayed on a dress form, sheer charcoal gray fabric printed with allover white five-petaled flower clusters, high mandarin collar with decorative closures

Title: Woman's Dress (Qipao)
Place Made: China
Date Made: late 1930s
Medium: Silk plain weave (crepe chiffon), printed, with silk satin trim and frog (huaniu) closures
Dimensions: Center back length: 53 in. (134.62 cm) Height (Collar): 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Chere Lai Mah
Accession Number: M.2022.101.38
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.