Orange Silk Opera Costume with Mixed Patterns

Name/Title

Orange Silk Opera Costume with Mixed Patterns

Entry/Object ID

2012.14.1

Description

An embroidered orange silk opera costume. The costume has a high-stand collar and wide-long sleeves. The gown fastens to the right and has an embroidered lace edge running down the seams and around the cuffs. The main body of the gown is orange silk with an embroidered patten of pink and green flowers across the shoulders and down the sleeves. The bottom left center part is mixed embroidered with a vase, an animal (possibly a goat) and other motifs. The flower patterns on the chest part grows from the vase and extending to the sleeves part.

Acquisition

Accession

2012.14

Source or Donor

LEONG Eunice

Acquisition Method

Donation