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- Yu Garden (Yuyuan): Dragon Wall
- 1 built complex : black & white
- Yu Garden (Yuyuan): Garden Pavilion
- 1 built complex
- Yu Garden (Yuyuan): Garden View
- Characteristic elements in Chinese gardens: water, trees, rocks & buildings, and changes in elevation are visible in this view. Rock formations in the background with a pagoda structure.
- Yu Garden (Yuyuan): Garden View
- Covered walkway reflected in a pool with vegetation and pierced rocks with rock formations are shown in this view.
- Yu Garden (Yuyuan): Garden View
- The view is from the Yule Pavilion with stream and Lake Tai perforated rock.
- Yu Garden (Yuyuan): Pavilion
- 1 built complex
- Yu Garden (Yuyuan): Pavilion
- 1 built complex
- Yu Garden (Yuyuan): Pavilion
- 1 built complex
- Taihe Dian, Imperial Palace, Forbidden City. Ming and Qing Dynasties
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- Coat
- Coat of navy-blue silk satin with embroidery in polychrome silks. Round neck, opens down center front, long kimono sleeves, side slits at hem. All the embroidery on the body of the coat is in flower motifs worked in satin stitch. Round embroidery medallions at the center front, center back, over both shoulders and 4 at the hem. Scattered all-over are other smaller motifs. The round neck, the bottom of the sleeves and the hem are decorated with a band of blue embroidery and a woven ribbon trimming. The sleeves also have a wide cuff of cream satin decorated with embroidery worked in french knots and couching. The cuff embroidery is in a design that looks like various, flowers, a potted plant and a number of bats. The coat is fully lined in a brocaded cream satin, which was sewn directly over an older lining of pale blue silk. The front fastens with 4 coiled frogs which were applied after the cream satin lining. The coat is a woman's style because of the side slits, whereas a mans coat would be slit at the center front and back.
- Court robe
- Hand sewn long Chinese court robe in unlined brown silk embroidered with geometric designs and gold dragons. Fitted sleeves end in rounded. flared cuffs. Left front to right side closure with loop and round. patterned. gold colored metal buttons.
- Court vest
- Chinese floor-length vest made in the same style as a court robe but sleeveless. Mandarin collar. Body of vest is brocaded silk. Trim and collar contain much and fine silk hand embroidered design motifs.
- Robe
- Hand sewn long Chinese court robe or coat with rounded neck. and loose sleeves. Left front to right side closure with round patterned buttons. Light and dark blue silk with extensive applique of dragons. spirals and lines with gold thread.
- Lotus shoes
- Pair of lotus shoes for bound feet. Tiny heeled shoes of dark navy silk, the uppers with multicolored floral embroidery at top and sides, and cloud-form patterns of couched gold thread around heels. Edged at top with blue silk ribbon. The shaped heels are of white leather.
- Children's shoes
- Pair of children's shoes from China. Designed with straight last, rounded toe with small point at tip and at heel. Upper of pink/mauve brocade with Chinese symbols in yellow, green/gold, and white. Edged in dark blue around opening, and the panels bordered in black bands. Front of each shoe with applied stylized mask form with eyes, eyebrows, and nose embroidered in various colors, mustache along upper lip with trailing ends of red, yellow, green, blue, etc. Narrow vertical brocade band of Chinese symbols along back of heel. Set on 1/2" platform of white silk. Lined in blue cotton(?). No labels or marks.
- Ensemble
- Chinese ensemble of blue silk with multi-colored embroidery. A) Jacket/Bodice. Knee-length, A-line, standing collar, long sleeves with white cuffs embroidered with scenes of Chinese people in various situations. Center front opening with black frogs fastened with spherical gold buttons. Wide band at collar and part of front opening, and hem with embroidery of figures on brown ground. Field of jacket with large multi-colored embroidered flowers and butterflies. B) Pants. Matching. Drawstring waist. Full-length, with matching embroidery, but only on lower legs. Cuffs with wide band of white embroidered with foliage and moths.
- Jacket
- Chinese jacket of red damask silk with multicolored embroidery. Almost knee-length, with long sleeves. Floral damask pattern, embroidery of flowers, moths(?), foliage, and other symbols. Angled center front opening bordered with blue, fastened with carved/chased gold sphere buttons and loops. Around opening, hem, collar, and cuffs is embroidered band in blues and white scrolls, with outer border of gold and black. Lined in pink silk. No labels.
- Skirt
- Red silk cheongsam style skirt - ankle length taper off skirt fully lined with silk crepe. Hand embroidered silk design motifs - Vertical gold rickrack creates the illusion of the traditional aproned skirt popular in the Qing Dynasty. This is probably a transitional garment going from the ancient style to the more contemporary garments of the 1920's and 1930's. There is a Neiman Marcus and a People’s Republic of China label inside.
- Wedding skirt
- Chinese Wedding Skirt for a Member of the Court. Mid-calf length wrap-style skirt comprised of two panels of red brocade silk with chrysanthemum pattern attached to 2.25" waistband of green wool; panels connect with interior button of green wool and skirt is secured with ties of green wool that wrap around the waistband. Panels are unadorned where wrap overlaps and finely pleated where panel is visible. On pleated sections are long strips of dark blue silk piped and backed in light blue silk; strips are decorated with silk and metallic embroidery with floral, dragon, and geometric designs, and at the bottom each strip has a modified fleur-de-lis shape and two silk tassels, one of lavender and the other turquoise. Inset into each side section of skirt are rectangular bands of floral embroidery in silk threads on white silk cloth. The bottom of the skirt has a bands of white and blue silk with embroidery, which are also pleated where visible. Primary background cloth of skirt is red silk. Side panels are lined with turquoise silk fabric. Inside labels from Neiman Marcus and The People’s Republic of China indicate the skirt was probably bought during an Asian Fortnight in 1962 or 1969.
- Embroidered Coat
- Hand sewn Chinese coat of ochre silk with blue embroidery and silver colored disks.
- [Art Show]
- Photograph of an art exhibition in China. Hanging cloth panels intersect the foreground. The floor is filled with artwork displayed on pedestals. People walk amongst the pedestals.
- [Art Show]
- Photograph of an art exhibition in China. The foreground is filled with pedestals, displays, and hanging artwork. People are seen walking between the pedestals.
- [Bamboo Roof]
- Photograph of a bamboo roof in Guilin, China. A section of the roof is visible in the foreground. The bamboo awnings, rafters, and latticework are visible.
- [Bamboo Trees]
- Photograph of bamboo trees in the Potted Scenery Garden of Guilin, China. Bamboo trees fill the frame in the foreground. Sunlight in an opening of grass is visible in the background behind the trees.
- [Boat by Fubo Hill]
- Photograph of Fubo Hill in Guilin, China. In the foreground, a young girl and a woman play in the water of the Li River. Two boats parked under a rock overhang are visible behind the girl. Beyond the overhang, large rocks are visible in the water.
- [Boat of Pleasant Banquet]
- Photograph of the Boat of Pleasant Banquet in the Summer Palace of Beijing, China. A side view of the boat is visible in the foreground. Multiple people fill the decks of the boat. A building on the dock is visible behind the boat. A distant shore is visible in the far right background.
- [Boatman]
- Photograph of a boatman in Guilin, China. In the foreground, a man in straw hat stands on a boat made of long logs. Behind the man, a road runs beside the river. Trees line the road. A field is visible in the background beyond the road.
- [Buddha]
- Photograph of the Longmen Caves in Luoyang, China. A stone Buddha figure is visible in the foreground surrounded by smaller stone figures. The wall behind the figures is carved and painted.
- [Buddha]
- Photograph of a stone Buddha in the Longmen Caves of Luoyang, China. The top of the frame is hidden in shadow. The Buddha is surrounded by smaller stone figures.
- [Cave Entrance]
- Photograph of the entrance to caves along the Li River in Guilin, China. A large rocky cliff is visible in the foreground. Two small wooden boats are visible at an opening in the rock.
- [Cave Entrance]
- Photograph of the cave entrance into Folded Brocade Hill in Guilin, China. Numerous people are visible in front of and within the cave entrance. The rocky hillside is visible in the top foreground. Trees grow out of the hillside.
- [Ceiling Detail]
- Photograph of a painted ceiling in the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, China. Three red columns are visible in the foreground. The painted structure beams of the ceiling are visible beyond the columns.
- [Ceramics Factory]
- Photograph of a Chinese ceramics factory. In the foreground, vases and dishes are laid out on wooden racks. Terracotta vessels are piled up in woven baskets in the center. Two people stand in front of a kiln in back. More racks are visible in the background.
- [Ceramics Workshop]
- Photograph of a ceramics workshop in China. A row of pitchers are visible on a table in the foreground. A woman sits behind the table painting one of the pitchers. Other tables and workers are visible behind her.
- Chinese Robe
- Hand sewn long Chinese robe or coat of light beige silk with floral embroidery in brown, peach, and blue-grey. etc.
- [Curvy Trees]
- Photograph of three curvy trees in the botanical gardens of Hangzhou, China. The trees are evenly spaced in the foreground. A white wall is visible behind the trees.
- Festival ensemble
- Miao People, Thailand/Laos, Festival Outfit A) Jacket. Jacket of black cotton, waist length, with standing collar. Front opening with no closure, worn with sides overlapping and forming "V" neckline. Standing collar faced with machine-embroidered ribbon of black ground with purple-ish flower blossoms with yellow centers, blue vines, and green leaves. This band continues along edge of opening to about 9 1/4" above hem. From that point to hem on each side of opening a different band is used, of purple and green foliate forms on black, with outer border of diagonal blue stripes and silver ovals on black ground with silver edges. A second machine-woven band of ribbon is applied as an outer border along the collar/upper opening band, with green, pink, and white stripes and bands of green and white trees(?) and a band of alternating green/yellow/white butterflies and same color flowers(?), all on a reddish ground. Long black sleeves have central wide band of orange satin with machine-embroidered multicolored sea dragons. Black fabric added after panels to form lower sections of sleeves. Garment is lined in black fabric, the collar and front opening backed with pink/purple fabric. Garment has a size tag sewn inside at back collar: "XXL". Not an American size. B) Skirt. Wrap style skirt with tiny pleats. Skirt formed of horizontal bands of fabrics sewn together, some embellished. From top: Plain black cotton(?) waistband ca. 3 1/4" wide with long black ties; White cotton(?) band ca. 1 1/2" wide, which begins pleating that continues down length of skirt; Pale blue/gray section ca. 14" long which has printed bands of dark blue linear designs: zig-zags, scrolls, lines, etc., the lines having had thin strips of fabric appliqued over them, in green, orange, and purple over the bulk of the skirt; Red cotton(?) band 1 1/2" wide …
- [Fishing Boats]
- Photograph of fishing boats at the Summer Palace in Beijing, China. In the foreground, a blue boat is tied to a metal pole in the water. On the other side of the pole, numerous fishing boats are lined up horizontally throughout the frame.
- [Forbidden City]
- Photograph of the Forbidden City in Beijing, China. The foreground is framed by a doorway in shadow. A stone railing is visible outside of the doorway. Rows of white walkways are visible beyond the railing. Buildings are partly visible in the right background.
- [Fubo Hill]
- Photograph of Fubo Hill in Guilin, China. A carved rock formation is visible in the foreground. Multiple figures of varying sizes are carved into the face of the rock. Trees are visible in the far left background beyond the rock.
- [Garden of Harmonious Interest]
- Photograph of the Garden of Harmonious Interest in the Summer Palace of Beijing, China. A long painted corridor of the garden is visible in the foreground. Numerous people are visible in the corridor. Part of the garden is visible in the background.
- [Great Wall Detail]
- Photograph of the Great Wall of China in Beijing, China. A detail of the wall is visible in the foreground. The stone bricks are carved with graffiti. The green landscape is visible through the openings in the wall.
- [Great Wall of China]
- Photograph of the Great Wall of China in Beijing, China. The wall is visible in the foreground and stretches into the background. The mountains and green landscape are visible in the background.
- [The Great Wall of China]
- Photograph of the Great Wall of China in Beijing. In the foreground, an arched passageway is visible leading out to the wall. A section of the wall and the distant mountains are visible through the passage.
- [Great Wall Passageway]
- Photograph of a passageway in the Great Wall of China in Beijing. The arched passageway is visible in the foreground inset into the stone wall. The view through the passage is hidden in shadow.
- [The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests]
- Photograph of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests in the Temple of Heaven complex of Beijing, China. The photograph was taken through an archway which is partially visible in the immediate foreground. Through the arch, a square is visible with four people dispersed throughout. The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests sits behind the square.
- [Hangzhou Botanical Garden]
- Photograph of the Hangzhou Botanical Garden in Hangzhou, China. Small potted trees fill the foreground. A building with oddly shaped windows is visible behind the trees.
- [Hills of Guilin]
- Photograph of the hills along the Li River in Guilin, China. A number of houses are visible on the river bank. Tall hills loom above the houses in the background.
- [Intersecting Rooflines]
- Photograph of intersecting rooflines in the Summer Palace of Beijing, China. A stone fence cuts across the bottom foreground. Four tile roofs are visible in the picture plane. People are visible underneath the roofs. Trees are visible in the background.
- [Lama Temple]
- Photograph of the Lama Temple in Beijing, China. A doorway is visible in the foreground. Stone steps lead up to the doorway. Another doorway is visible through the front doorway. Temple buildings are visible through the opening in the background.