Woman's Changfu (Informal Court Robe)

Provenance

Guy H. Mitchell (1870–1962), Chicago, by Jan. 19, 1932 [incoming receipt R5008, Jan. 19, 1932, ℅ 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), late 19th/early 20th century

Accession Number

10495

Medium

Silk, plain gauze weave; embroidered in back and stem stitches; sleeve facings: silk, plain gauze weave; embroidered in back, knot, overcast, stem, and straight stitches; laid work and couching; ribbon: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps and extended weft loop fringe; sleeves trimmed with silk, plain weave; metal buttons

Dimensions

146.1 × 121.5 cm (57 1/2 × 47 7/8 in.)

Classification

textile

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Guy H. Mitchell