Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Long robe of brown satin embroidered in colored silks and metallic yarns. Long sleeves of black taffeta with embroidered horse-shoe cuffs. Diagonal front closure with a band of black satin, embroiderd in colored silks. Three 5-toed dragons on front, worked in gold with red silk flames. Background of cloud bands in colors, interspersed with auspicious symbols such as bat, peony, swastika, flaming pearl, lotus, jar, fish. Deep wave border at bottom.
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund
- 1796–1820
- Accession Number
- 1960-32-1
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- costume & accessories
- Man's robe
- Medium
- Medium: silk, metallic yarns Technique: embroidered on satin weave Label: silk satin embroidered with silk and metallic yarns
- Dimensions
- H x W: 140 x 218.4 cm (55 1/8 in. x 7 ft. 2 in.)
- made in
- China
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Textiles Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1960-32-1
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq45723cba4-9775-4deb-8fe0-ca7ff4f17355
