Name/Title
Chinese Costume with embroidered flowers and birds, of Alice O'Hare, c. 1920sEntry/Object ID
1995.130.4Description
ACC. NO. OBJECT:
DESCRIPTION: 95.130.4, A, B
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CLOTHING COSTUME
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1920'S
TWO-PIECE CHINESE COSTUME, FEMALE, CONSISTING OF ROBE-STYLE TOP OF FIGURED DEEP-COLORED PINK SILK, TRIMMED IN PATTERNED BLUE-COLORED SILK BROCADE AND BLACK-COLORED SILK. THE MANDARIN SLEEVES ARE BLUE SILK, WITH MATCHING EMBROIDERY OF FLOWERS AND BIRDS. JACKET SECURED BY BRASS BUTTONS. SPLIT-CROTCH PANTS SECURED AT THE WAIST WITH TIES. PANTS OF MATCHING FABRIC; MACHINE EMBROIDERY OF FLOWERS AND BIRDS.
HISTORY OF OBJECT: CHINESE COSTUME THAT BELONGED TO ALICE, SISTER OF RODNEY O'HARE, AUNT OF THE DONOR. RODNEY AND HIS SISTER, ALICE, WERE LONGTIME ALAMEDA RESIDENTS AT 1808 PEARL STREET. MR O'HARE WAS EMPLOYED AT THE LOOP LUMBER COMPANY. THEY RESIDED AT THE PEARL STREET RESIDENCE FROM 1922 UNTIL THEIR DEATHS.
ACQUIRED FROM:
MRS AUDREY J O'BRIEN
DATE: JUNE 10, 1996
