Empress' Jifu (Semiformal Court Robe), China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911),1840/60. Creator: Unknown.

19 CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY • 19TH • 19TH-CENTURY • AND GILT-AND SILVERED-METAL-STRIP-WRAPPED SILK IN KNOT • AND STEM STITCHES • ART CENTRE • ART GALLERY • ART INSTITUTE CHICAGO • ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO • ART • ARTS AND CRAFTS: NEEDLEWORK • ARTS • ATLAS SILK • CENTURY • CHINA • CHINESE • CLOTHES • CLOTHING • COLOR • COLOUR • COSTUME • COUNTRY • COURT DRESS • DECORATION • DECORATIVE • DESIGN • DRAGON • DRAGONS • DRAPERIES (CLOTH) • DRESS • DYNASTY • EDGING AND CLOSURES: SILK AND GOLD-LEAF-OVER-LACQUERED-PAPER-STRIP-WRAPPED SILK • EMBROIDERED WITH SILK • FABRIC • FASHION OF THE PERIOD • FULL LENGTH • FULL-LENGTH • GALLERY • GOLD THREAD • GOLD-LEAF-OVER-LACQUERED-PAPER-STRIP-WRAPPED SILK • HABERDASHERY • HOUSEHOLD: NEEDLEWORK • KNITTING • LAID WORK AND COUCHING • LINED WITH SILK • LOCATION • MANCHU • METAL BUTTONS • METALLIC THREAD • MYTHICAL BEAST • MYTHICAL BEASTS • MYTHICAL CREATURE • MYTHICAL CREATURES • MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURE • MYTHOLOGY • NEEDLEWORK • NINETEENTH CENTURY • OBJECT • OBJECTS • PAPER • PATTERN • PATTERNED • PEOPLE • PLAIN WEAVE • QING DYNASTY • QUING DYNASTY • ROBE • ROBES • ROYAL • ROYALTY • SATIN • SEW • SEWING • SILK • SLEEVES: SILK • STRIPED BODY • STRIPED • STRIPES • TEXTILE • TEXTILES • TEXTILES: SILK • THREAD • THREADS • UMBRELLA • UNKNOWN • WARP-FLOAT FACED 2: 1 'S' TWILL WEAVE • WARP-FLOAT FACED 5: 1 SATIN WEAVE WITH WEFT-FLOAT FACED 1: 2 'Z' TWILL INTERLACINGS OF SECONDARY BINDING WARPS AND SUPPLEMENTARY PATTERNING WEFTS • WATER • WAVE • WAVES • WEAVE • WEAVING • WEFT-FLOAT FACED 1: 5 AND WARP-FLOAT FACED 2: 1 TWILL DAMASK WEAVE • WOVEN • XIX CENTURY