Silk, Linen and Embroidery, 90 x 48 inches, 228.6 x 121.9 cm
Price Code A Inventory #13195
Huangping county is located in the valley of the Qingshui River. The traditional jackets are made from silk cloth and decorated with intricate emboidery. Treated with repeated dyeing and beating, the material is made soft, shiny, and brown in colour. The back of the jackets are embroidered in symmetrical patterns worked from the centre of the coat outward. The skirts in Huangping are all trimmed with rose coloured trimming borders. The trimming borders are made up of several layers with distinctly woven or embroidered patterns.
The skirt is 28" long, (the pleated section is 21") and the waist band itself is 43" and can be folded to accomodate any width. The jacket measures 62 x 48".