Woman’s Magua (Semiformal Domestic Short Robe), 1880/1900, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Manchu, China, Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin damask weave, facings: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and self-patterning ground wefts, ribbons: silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps, one with extended ground weft loop fringe, silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps, and silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 5:1 satin weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and self-patterning ground wefts, sleeve facings: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave, embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in flat, knot, and Pekinese stitches, sleeve bands: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave, embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in satin and stem stitches, laid work and couching, trim and closures: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave, lined with silk, warp-float faced 3:1 'Z' twill weave self-patterned by areas of plain weave, 62.2 × 132 cm (24 1/2 × 52 in.).
Woman’s Magua (Semiformal Domestic Short Robe), 1880/1900, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Manchu, China, Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin damask weave, facings: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and self-patterning ground wefts, ribbons: silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps, one with extended ground weft loop fringe, silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps, and silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 5:1 satin weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and self-patterning ground wefts, sleeve facings: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave, embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in flat, knot, and Pekinese stitches, sleeve bands: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave, embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in satin and stem stitches, laid work and couching, trim and closures: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave, lined with silk, warp-float faced 3:1 'Z' twill weave self-patterned by areas of plain weave, 62.2 × 132 cm (24 1/2 × 52 in.)