Han-Chinese

Vestment (For a First-degree Taoist Priest)

Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1850/1900

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

141.8 × 162.9 cm (55.8 × 64.1 in)