Manchu. Man's Jifu (Semiformal Court Robe). 1840–1870. China. Silk and gold-leafed-paper-strip-wrapped silk, slit tapestry weave; embroidered in padded satin and stem stitches; painted; edged with silk and gold-leaf-paper-strip-wrapped silk in warp-float faced satin weave with weft-float faced twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; metal buttons

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