Li
Li Chinese Tubular Skirt with Embroidered Designs
Li, 1899-1929
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Li
Li Chinese Tubular Skirt with Embroidered Designs
Li, 1899-1929
Physical Qualities
Indigo-dyed cotton with silk embroidery, 32 1/4 x 43 1/4 in. (sewn as a tube) (81.9 x 109.9 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Amy Gould and Matthew Polk, Gibson Island, Maryland
Object Number
2006.175
A tubular skirt of plain-woven, indigo dyed cotton with cotton embroidery throughout in white, tan and brown. The skirt was woven on a backstrap loom in three bands (11-1/2", 10", 10-1/2") with narrow brown stripes that served as guideline for the embroidery which is geometric in design.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2006; Matthew Polk, Gibson Island, Maryland, by purchase, Nov. 10, 2005
