Woman's Changfu (Informal Court Robe)

Provenance

Guy H. Mitchell (1870–1962), Chicago, by Jan. 19, 1932 [incoming receipt R5008, Jan. 19, 1932, c/o A. B. Hossander, Illinois Merchants, Chicago; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago.

Woman's Changfu (Informal Court Robe)

Manchu

Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1900/10

Accession Number

10489

Medium

Silk, slit and dovetailed tapestry weave; ribbons: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, stripes of satin weave and stripes of plain weave with supplementary patterning warps with extended weft loops (one edge) and of silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps with extended weft loops (one edge); edging and closures: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; lined with silk, plain weaves; metal buttons

Dimensions

144.8 × 121.2 cm (57 × 47 3/4 in.)

Classification

textile

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Guy H. Mitchell