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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Chinese
Title:Skirt
Date Made:late 19th or early 20th century
Type:Clothing
Materials:Silk (embroidered)
Place Made:Asia; China
Measurements:height: 92 cm, width: 68.5 cm
Accession Number:  MH 1965.9.J.SVI
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Merle D. Vincent (Helen Russell, Class of 1906)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
White pleated skirt made of two identical sections: each made up of a straight panel on the left with pleats to fall over hips, followed by a straight panel on the right. The two sections are joined at the waist with cloth frog closures also made up of white silk. The pleats are embroidered with butterflies. The flat panel on one section is embroidered with birds, the other with deer.

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