Period:Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Date:19th century
Culture:China
Medium:Silk and metallic-thread embroidery on silk satin
Dimensions:Overall (a): 10 5/8 x 5 7/8 in. (27 x 14.9 cm)
Overall (b): 10 5/8 x 5 7/8 in. (27 x 14.9 cm)
Classification:Textiles-Embroidered
Credit Line:Gift of Florance Waterbury, 1967
Accession Number:67.179.27a, b
This streamer is part of a matching set of four in the Museum’s collection that were probably once a part of a woman’s skirt. Although usually such streamers simply come to a point at the bottom, these examples are shaped like large butterflies. On the butterfly’s back is the longevity symbol, wan, signifying ten thousand years