Man's Bufu (Court Surcoat)
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1875/1900
Medium
Silk, 1:1 plain gauze weave; embroidered with silk and gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk in satin, stem, and tent stitches; Roumanian couching
Dimensions
105.7 × 157.5 cm (41 5/8 × 62 in.)
Classification
textile
Department
Textiles
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
151599
About the Artist
Manchu
"Manchu" is a cultural and ethnic designation used in museum collection records to identify objects, textiles, costumes, and decorative arts associated with the Manchu people, a Tungusic group originating from the regions northeast of the Great Wall of China. The Manchus rose to political dominance in 1644 when they conquered the declining Ming dynasty and established the Qing dynasty, which ruled...