Woman's Changfu (Informal Court Robe)
Manchu
1875–1925
- 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.)
- Genre
- textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
qinggauzeblue (color)butterfliesEast Asianyellow (color)black (color)flowersChinese (culture or style)silk (textile)needlework (visual works)white (color)costumeTextilepaper (fiber product)couching (embroidering)lotusasianpink (color)laid workembroidering
