Man's Jifu (Semiformal Court Robe)

Manchu · Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1840/70

Man's Jifu (Semiformal Court Robe)

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

Art Institute of Chicago · CC0 1.0

Lindy Arts