Provenance
Vestment for a First-Degree Taoist Priest
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 18th century; inscribed 1793
Accession Number
88348
Medium
Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk, peacock-feather-wrapped silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, and gold-leaf-over-lacquered paper in surface satin stitches; laid work and couching; appliquéd with forms of silk, plain weaves between two layers of paper, some with gold- and silver-leaf-over-lacquered paper, and embroidered with silk in chain and knot stitches, needle looping with laid thread and darned bars, and silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, laid work and couching; edged with cotton, plain weave; lined with ramie, plain weave; metal button
Dimensions
139.6 × 156.2 cm (55 × 61 1/2 in.)
Classification
textile
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Alexander F. Stevenson through the Antiquarian Society
