Man's Jifu (Semiformal Court Robe)

Textiles

Qing dynasty (1644–1911), c. 1780s-1790s

Manchu
China

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Culture: Manchu
Title: Man's Jifu (Semiformal Court Robe)
Place: China (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: c. 1775–1800
Medium: Silk, 1:1 plain gauze weave; embroidered in stem filling stitches; sleeves: silk, 1:1 plain gauze weave (figured); edging and closures: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts; neck trimmed with cords of gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk couched with silk; sleeves and cuffs lined with silk, 1:1 plain gauze weave
Dimensions: 138.4 × 202.9 cm (54 1/2 × 79 7/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Samuel E. Barrett through the Antiquarian Society
Reference Number: 1902.160
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John E. Vollmer, et al., “Clothed to Rule the Universe: Ming and Qing Dynasty Textiles at The Art Institute of Chicago,” published in conjunction with the exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 26, no. 2 (2000): 62-3, 84, cat. 31 (ill.).

Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Clothed to Rule the Universe: Ming and Qing Dynasty Textiles at The Art Institute of Chicago, Sept. 13, 2000–Jan. 2, 2001.

Mrs. Samuel E. Barrett (1916-1923; born Alice D. Brush, also Alice Barrett; DayBook 3, 40); given through the Antiquarian Society to the Art Institute of Chicago. 1920.

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