Man's Jifu (Semiformal Court Robe)

Man's Jifu (Semiformal Court Robe)

Manchu

Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1840/70

Accession Number

135662

Medium

Silk and gold-leafed-paper-strip-wrapped silk, slit tapestry weave; embroidered in padded satin and stem stitches; painted; edged with silk and gold-leaf-paper-strip-wrapped silk in warp-float faced satin weave with weft-float faced twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; metal buttons

Dimensions

140.9 × 174.3 cm (55 1/2 × 68 3/4 in.)

Classification

textile

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Beatrice Cummings Mayer