jacket; festival-costume BM-As1998-01.91

Period:Unknown Production date:20thC
Materials:silk, cotton, metal,
Technique:sewn, embroidered,

Dimensions:Length: 93 centimetres Width: 101 centimetres

Description:
Jacket; woman’s, forming part of festival costume. Construction and base material conform to traditional pattern but has been decorated on an enlarged pattern with embroidered diamonds and swastikas.
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Comments:This design is bold and flamboyant, taking less time to embroider.Text from Corrigan 2001: 64: jianhe county, qiandongnan prefecture. Female Festive Jacket. Short-sleeved collared jacket with front opening. This may be a modern interpretation of a traditional style. The decoration is far more elaborate and colourful than that of the traditional jacket, which has only a discrete embroidered front and collar strip, and on the back a single small ‘tin’-decorated rectangle, with tassels. The base cloth is indigo-dyed cotton with a purple sheen. The tiny tin strips have presumably been stitched on to the base cloth, and between the tin patterns is coloured embroidery. Locally these techniques are considered secret, therefore they cannot be verified.