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Unknown Maker, Chinese

Summer festive robe (jifu or ch'i-fu) for an empress with dragons, clouds, twelve imperial symbols, and the symbol for double happiness (shuangxi, Ching Dynasty

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Chinese, Qing

Title

Summer festive robe (jifu or ch'i-fu) for an empress with dragons, clouds, twelve imperial symbols, and the symbol for double happiness (shuangxi

Year

Ching Dynasty

Medium

silk, metallic yarn

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Embroidered polychrome and metallic-wrapped threads on yellow silk gauze (zhijingsha) ,
  • lining: yellow silk tabby

Techniques

  • Embroidered polychrome and metallic-wrapped threads on yellow silk gauze (zhijingsha) ,
  • lining: yellow silk tabby

Dimensions

Length: 139.7 cm (55 inches)

Place

Place Made: China

Type

  • Costume

Credit

Gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich

Object Number

35.391

Summer festive robe (jifu or ch'i-fu) for an empress with dragons, clouds, twelve imperial symbols, and the symbol for double happiness (shuangxi

A World of Costume and Textiles

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Place Made: China

Publications

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Exhibition History

Asian Textiles and the Grammar of Ornament

November 16, 2007 - August 3, 2008

Of Peonies and Dragon's Toes

June 24 - September 13, 1998

The Applied Image

March 11 - June 21, 1998

The Seductive Stitch

December 15, 1995 - March 10, 1996

A World of Costume and Textiles

September 22 - November 12, 1989
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