Served in the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) of World War II, class of 44-5. Rountree acquired the collection from L.W. Detzer who was a representative of Bethlehem Steel in Manila, Philippines, and his wife, Florence Detzer. Florence Detzer made buying trips to Hong Kong to assemble the collection of historic Chinese textiles. Chinese imperial clothing from the Qing Dynasty period and wedding accessories from the Peranakan Chinese; woven panels, embroidered scrolls, and fabric lengths including Thai silk from Bangkok, as well as embroidered silk jewelry boxes. The primary pieces of the collection consist of five women's Chinese robes and five skirts, all semi-formal and of varying colors and styles.
Summary
Pale Blue K'o-ssu Silk Panel. Pale blue K'o-ssu silk panel with Chinese coin and ju-i scepter designs.
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Digital Resource Type
Image/jpg
Digital Resource Format
Image
Archival File Resolution
600 dpi
Digitization Date
2013
Digitization Process
Objects photographed in JPEG 4608 x 3456 format with Panasonic LUMIX 16 Megapixel camera (LEICA 8x Zoom lens, focal length: 28 - 224 mm). Post-processing in Photoshop Elements 9.
