Art Institute of Chicago

Man's Jifu (Semiformal Court Robe)

Manchu

Date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), c. 1780s-1790s
Medium: Silk, 1:1 plain gauze weave; embroidered in stem filling stitches; sleeves: silk, 1:1 plain gauze weave (figured); edging and closures: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts; neck trimmed with cords of gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk couched with silk; sleeves and cuffs lined with silk, 1:1 plain gauze weave
Culture: China
Department: Textiles
Institution: Art Institute of Chicago

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