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Asian Art
Ceremonial or Birthday Robe for the Imperial Family
late 19th century
Silk gauze embroidered in petit point with polychrome silk thread, patterned with shou emblems of good fortune and long life
61 × 86 in. (154.9 × 218.4 cm)
other (b): 31 1/2 × 60 1/4 in. (80 × 153 cm)
other (c): 31 1/2 × 43 1/2 in. (80 × 110.5 cm)
other (d): 32 × 35 3/8 in. (81.3 × 89.9 cm)
other (b): 31 1/2 × 60 1/4 in. (80 × 153 cm)
other (c): 31 1/2 × 43 1/2 in. (80 × 110.5 cm)
other (d): 32 × 35 3/8 in. (81.3 × 89.9 cm)
Gift of Marya Wright in memory of Arthur F. Wright
1976.113.2a-d
Geography:
China
Status:
Not on view
Culture:
Chinese
Period:
Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Classification:
Apparel/Costume
Provenance:
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.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
