Manchu. Woman's Jifu (Semiformal Court Robe). 1790–1820. China. Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, slit tapestry weave with interlaced outlining wefts; painted details; edged with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, warp float-faced 5 1 satin weave with weft-float faced 1 2 'Z' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; trimmed with braid of gilt-metal-strip-wrapped linen, 1 1 oblique interlacing; sleeves silk, warp-float faced 2 1 'Z' twill weave; pleated; lined with silk, plain weave (new); metal buttons

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Size: 3000px × 2311px
Photo credit: © WBC ART / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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