Fan case; silk, glass, gold, silver; embroidered, tassels, case making, sewing; black, lavender, orange, multicolor, gold, silver; 10 3/4 inches long, 2 inches wide, 22 1/2 inches wide; tapered, stiff case cover with black satin embroidery in lily motif on one side, verso apple blossom motif. Lined in lavender satin. Orange braid hanging loop with glass beads. Bottom finished with pair of orange silk tassels bound with gold and silver. All embroidered is knot stitch.
Donor:
Design (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
CHINA
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Albert M. Bender
Materials:
Metal and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes