1993.70 Short coat: dragons and auspicious symbols

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GENERAL DESCRIPTION  
This colorful coat features dragons and other emblems of good luck sewn with threads that were wrapped in bright metallic casing. Dragons were thought by the Chinese to be heavenly creatures, associated with rain, wind, and the forces of nature. Their magical abilities allowed them to shrink to the size of a silkworm or expand to fill the universe. 

Excerpt from
  • Label text, "Asian Textiles: Art and Trade Along the Silk Road," 2018. 
NOTES
No further extended content in TMS or object file. 
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography 
China (nation): TGN: 1000111
Process/materials
silk (textile): AAT: 300243428
embroidery (visual works): AAT: 300264024
Historical periods
Qing: AAT: 300018478
Individuals
Subject terms
coats (garments): AAT: 300046143
dragons (mythical beings): AAT: 300375726
fortune: AAT: 300410316
maroon (color): AAT: 300311173
metallic (color attribute): AAT: 300311171
nature: AAT: 300179372
rain (precipitation / weather): AAT: 300055377
robes: AAT: 300209852
textiles (visual works): AAT: 300014063
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PROVENANCE 
1993: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Betty Ann Walter and Ruth Walter Benedict in memory of Ethyl Walter and Gladys Walter

The main source for this provenance is the Deed of Gift, dated November, 1993, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records object file. Exceptions and supporting documentation are noted. 
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General Description
 
This colorful coat features dragons and other emblems of good luck sewn with threads that were wrapped in bright metallic casing. Dragons were thought by the Chinese to be heavenly creatures, associated with rain, wind, and the forces of nature. Their magical abilities allowed them to shrink to the size of a silkworm or expand to fill the universe. 

Excerpt from
  • Label text, "Asian Textiles: Art and Trade Along the Silk Road," 2018. 
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
 
Notes
No further extended content in TMS or object file. 
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography 
China (nation): TGN: 1000111
Process/materials
silk (textile): AAT: 300243428
embroidery (visual works): AAT: 300264024
Historical periods
Qing: AAT: 300018478
Individuals
Subject terms
coats (garments): AAT: 300046143
dragons (mythical beings): AAT: 300375726
fortune: AAT: 300410316
maroon (color): AAT: 300311173
metallic (color attribute): AAT: 300311171
nature: AAT: 300179372
rain (precipitation / weather): AAT: 300055377
robes: AAT: 300209852
textiles (visual works): AAT: 300014063
RELATED OBJECTS 
PROVENANCE 
1993: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Betty Ann Walter and Ruth Walter Benedict in memory of Ethyl Walter and Gladys Walter

The main source for this provenance is the Deed of Gift, dated November, 1993, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records object file. Exceptions and supporting documentation are noted. 
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textiles (visual works): AAT: 300014063
robes: AAT: 300209852
rain (precipitation / weather): AAT: 300055377
nature: AAT: 300179372
China (nation): TGN: 1000111
fortune: AAT: 300410316
silk (textile): AAT: 300243428
coats (garments): AAT: 300046143
dragons (mythical beings): AAT: 300375726
metallic (color attribute): AAT: 300311171
embroidery (visual works): AAT: 300264024
maroon (color): AAT: 300311173
Qing: AAT: 300018478
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