Vestment (For a First-degree Taoist Priest)
Han-Chinese China- Date
- Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1850/1900
- Medium
- Silk and cotton, plain weaves and silk, plain weave self-patterned by ground weft floats; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton in chain, eyelet, and satin stitches; laid work and couching; collar and edge trim: silk, warp-float faced 4:1 and 6:1 satin weaves; lined with ramie, plain weave
- Dimensions
- 141.8 × 162.9 cm (55 3/4 × 64 1/8 in.)
- Department
- Textiles
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. William J. Calhoun