Woman's Jifu (Semiformal Court Robe)

Art Institute of Chicago

Woman's Jifu (Semiformal Court Robe)

Manchu

Date
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1790-1820
Medium
Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, slit tapestry weave with interlaced outlining wefts; painted details; edged with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, warp float-faced 5:1 satin weave with weft-float faced 1:2 'Z' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; trimmed with braid of gilt-metal-strip-wrapped linen, 1:1 oblique interlacing; sleeves: silk, warp-float faced 2:1 'Z' twill weave; pleated; lined with silk, plain weave (new); metal buttons
Culture
China
Department
Textiles
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

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Object type
AAT300209261

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