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Man's Jifu (Semiformal Court Robe)

Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1840/70
Silk and gold-leafed-paper-strip-wrapped silk, slit tapestry weave; embroidered in padded satin and stem stitches; painted; edged with silk and gold-leaf-paper-strip-wrapped silk in warp-float faced satin weave with weft-float faced twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; metal buttons
140.9 × 174.3 cm (55.5 × 68.6 in)

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