Bridal Long Pao (Dragon Robe)

Textiles

1875/90, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Han-Chinese
China

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Culture: Han-Chinese
Title: Bridal Long Pao (Dragon Robe)
Place: China (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1875–1890
Medium: Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:2 'Z' twill interlacings; painted details; closures, ties, and lining: silk, 4:1 satin damask weave; metal clasps and knotted button
Dimensions: 129.6 × 187.3 cm (51 × 73 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. John J. Abbott
Reference Number: 1943.566
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John E. Vollmer, “Clothed to Rule the Universe: Ming and Qing Dynasty Textiles at The Art Institute of Chicago,” published in conjunction with the exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 26, no. 2 (2000): 42-43, 69, 91, cat. 48, plate XXVI.

Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Clothed to Rule the Universe: Ming and Qing Dynasty Textiles at The Art Institute of Chicago, Sept. 13, 2000–Jan. 2, 2001.

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