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Source Description
This coat and pants are part of a set of garments that originally included an outer pair of pants and silk boots made from the same material as the coat. Such rich garments would have been worn by a member of the imperial family or nobility. The fabrics comprising this outfit were woven in widely distant parts of Asia. The silk of the coat, with ducks in pearl roundels, was woven in Sogdiana. The white silk of the pants, ornamented with flowers and birds, is Chinese. Both garments are lined with a Chinese silk woven with a radial floral pattern that was common during the 700s. The coat and pants were made at a time when Tibetan power extended to parts of China, eastern Central Asia, and the trade routes to Sogdiana.
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159373
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Prince's trousers and lining
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159373
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object
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Prince's trousers and lining
description
This coat and pants are part of a set of garments that originally included an outer pair of pants and silk boots made from the same material as the coat. Such rich garments would have been worn by a member of the imperial family or nobility. The fabrics comprising this outfit were woven in widely distant parts of Asia. The silk of the coat, with ducks in pearl roundels, was woven in Sogdiana. The white silk of the pants, ornamented with flowers and birds, is Chinese. Both garments are lined with a Chinese silk woven with a radial floral pattern that was common during the 700s. The coat and pants were made at a time when Tibetan power extended to parts of China, eastern Central Asia, and the trade routes to Sogdiana.
date
700s
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79978844
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Garment
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1
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dimensionsRaw
Overall: 52 x 28 cm (20 1/2 x 11 in.)
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China, Tang dynasty
accession
1996.2.2
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twill damask: silk
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Prince's trousers and lining, 700s. China, Tang dynasty. Twill damask: silk; overall: 52 x 28 cm (20 1/2 x 11 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1996.2.2
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Textiles
didYouKnow
The pants are made of three parts: two rectangles folded down their length and joined by an inseam, a center front seam, and a back seam; a third piece is a square folded to form a triangle and inserted into the inseam at the crotch
citations
citation
Watt, James C. Y., Anne E. Wardwell, and Morris Rossabi. W<em>hen silk was gold: Central Asian and Chinese textiles</em>. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art in cooperation with the Cleveland Museum of Art: Distributed by H.N. Abrams, 1997.
page_number
Mentioned: cat. no. 5, pp. 34-37; Reproduced: p. 36
citation
Mackie, Louise W. <em>Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century</em>. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.
page_number
Reproduced: P. 65, fig. 2.27; Mentioned: P. 65, 69
citation
"Highlights from North American Collections." IDP News: Newsletter of the International Dunhuang Project, no. 49-50, Summer 2017, pp. 4-7.
page_number
7
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-06-03 11:06:04.440000
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159373
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Textiles
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Textiles
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twill damask: silk
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