Man's Jifu (Semiformal Court Robe)

Man's Jifu (Semiformal Court Robe)

Manchu

1890/1910, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Accession Number

133638

Medium

Silk, warp-float faced satin weave; embroidered with gold-leafed-paper-strip-wrapped cotton in padded satin and stem stitches; couching; edged with silk and gold-leafed-paper-strip-wrapped silk in warp-float faced satin weave with plain interlacing of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts

Dimensions

144.9 × 189.9 cm (57 × 74 3/4 in.)

Classification

textile

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Beatrice Cummings Mayer