Sleeveless Jacket with Flowering Vine Pattern and Bands

Sleeveless Jacket with Flowering Vine Pattern and Bands

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The elaborate banding at the edges of this garment is typical of Chinese women's clothing of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The especially complex forms seen at the center front and sides are used here as an independent design motif, but in earlier times, four such lobes constituted the "cloud collar" pattern, which decorated the upper part of garments.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sleeveless Jacket with Flowering Vine Pattern and BandsSleeveless Jacket with Flowering Vine Pattern and BandsSleeveless Jacket with Flowering Vine Pattern and BandsSleeveless Jacket with Flowering Vine Pattern and BandsSleeveless Jacket with Flowering Vine Pattern and Bands

The Met's collection of Asian art—more than 35,000 objects, ranging in date from the third millennium B.C. to the twenty-first century—is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world. Each of the many civilizations of Asia is represented by outstanding works, providing an unrivaled experience of the artistic traditions of nearly half the world.