Woman's Long Pao (Informal Domestic Robe)

Date

Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1900/10

Medium

Silk, warp float-faced 2:1 'Z' twill weave self-patterned by ground wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:5 'Z' twill interlacings; quilted; sleeve facings: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton in knot, satin, and stem stitches; laid work and couching; sleeve bands: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in knot, satin, and stem stitches; laid work and couching; ribbon: silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with supplementary patterning warps and plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and ground wefts; edging and closures: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; lined with silk, plain weave; metal buttons

Dimensions

133 × 114.3 cm (52 3/8 × 45 in.); Repeat: 40.3 × 38.5 cm (15 3/4 × 15 1/8 in.)

Department

Textiles

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. W. R. Kernohan