Woman's Jifu (Semiformal Court Robe)
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
Dimensions
147.4 × 217.2 cm (58 × 85 1/2 in.); Shoulder to hem: H.: 60.5 cm (23 3/4 in.); Sleeve: H.: 25.7 cm (10 1/8 in.); At hem: W.: 116 cm (45 3/4 in.); Sleeve panel: W.: 40.4 cm (15 7/8 in.); Tapestry at collar: W.: 8.1 cm (6 5/8 in.)
Classification
textile
Department
Textiles
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
78524
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...