Woman's Informal Robe
Culture: Chinese
Dynasty: Qing
Date: Second half of 19th century
Dimensions:
55 × 69 1/4 in. (139.7 × 175.9 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by the Bessie Timon Endowment Fund and anonymous donors
Object number: 2023.2.1
Provenance: Norma Canelas Roth (1944-2022), Orlando; Norma Canelas Roth estate, 2022-2023; sold, iGavel Auctions, New Braufels, March 14 to 30, 2023, lot 6478304, to San Antonio Museum of Art
Label Text
Woman’s Formal Domestic Robe
China
Qing dynasty (1644-1911), second half
of 19th century
Embroidered silk satin, gold wrapped silk yarn, and gilt bronze buttons
Purchased with funds provided by the Bessie Timon Endowment Fund and anonymous donors
2023.2.1
This red satin robe is decorated with roundels formed by butterflies and blossoming branches. Similar images of butterflies and flowers on black grounds are on the sleeve openings and the band encircling the collar and extending across the upper right chest. The hem is embroidered with stylized mountain peaks, dragons, auspicious Buddhist emblems, and waves.
This robe represents a new fashion. Wide cuff openings appeared during the reign of emperor Daoguang (1820-1850). The Palace Museum in Beijing has a very similar robe which entered the imperial wardrobe in 1841.
China
Qing dynasty (1644-1911), second half
of 19th century
Embroidered silk satin, gold wrapped silk yarn, and gilt bronze buttons
Purchased with funds provided by the Bessie Timon Endowment Fund and anonymous donors
2023.2.1
This red satin robe is decorated with roundels formed by butterflies and blossoming branches. Similar images of butterflies and flowers on black grounds are on the sleeve openings and the band encircling the collar and extending across the upper right chest. The hem is embroidered with stylized mountain peaks, dragons, auspicious Buddhist emblems, and waves.
This robe represents a new fashion. Wide cuff openings appeared during the reign of emperor Daoguang (1820-1850). The Palace Museum in Beijing has a very similar robe which entered the imperial wardrobe in 1841.
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