Qing dynasty
Jifu Robe with Dragons and Clouds on a Blue Ground
清代蓝地云龙纹吉服袍
On a blue ground the dragons are worked in couched gold thread, the scales laid in fans that advance inward from the widest edge, each scale overlapping the turn of the one before so that its rim stands slightly proud. In couched work the metal thread is never passed through the ground but secured with fine silk stitches, leaving the gold unbroken on the surface.
Object Details
- Dynasty
- Qing dynasty
- Period
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- Date
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- Object type
- Jifu robe (festive court dress)
- Material
- Silk, gold-wrapped thread
- Technique
- Embroidery with couched gold thread
- Dimensions
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- Collection
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Research Notes
The way the scales are coiled and the direction taken by the gold around the head are concrete indications of workshop and date, best read against a group of objects in the same technique.
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