Manchu

Woman's Changfu (Informal Court Robe)

Qing dynasty (1644–1911), late 19th/early 20th century

Silk, plain gauze weave; embroidered in back and stem stitches; sleeve facings: silk, plain gauze weave; embroidered in back, knot, overcast, stem, and straight stitches; laid work and couching; ribbon: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps and extended weft loop fringe; sleeves trimmed with silk, plain weave; metal buttons

146.1 × 121.5 cm (57.5 × 47.8 in)