Woman's Changfu (Informal Court Robe)
Manchu
1900–1910
- 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.)
- Genre
- textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
qingsilk (fiber)East AsianChinese (culture or style)costumeTextilepaper (fiber product)weavingasian
