Unsewn Ceremonial or Birthday Robe for the Wife of an Official or Nobleman Maker: Unknown

late 19th century

Asian Art

Not on view

Medium

Magenta silk gauze embroidered in petit point with polychrome silk thread in a floral pattern of lotus, peonies, narcissi, and bamboo with foliage

Dimensions

58 1/2 × 88 in. (148.6 × 223.5 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Marya Wright in memory of Arthur F. Wright

Accession Number

1976.113.1

Geography

China

Culture

Chinese

Period

Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Classification

Apparel/Costume

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Chinese Emperor Puyi (1906-1967 ) collection (apocryphal); Prof. Arthur F. Wright, (1913–1976) Collection, Guilford, Conn.; Marya Wankowicz Wright (Mrs. Arthur F. Wright) (formerly Mrs. Holmes H. Welch) (died 1999), Guilford, Conn.; gift in 1976 to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

clothing, robes

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