Man's Jifu (Semiformal Court Robe)

Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1875/1900

Manchu China

China

Silk and gold- and silvered-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, slit tapesty weave with eccentric wefts; painted details; sleeves: silk, warp-float faced 2:1 'S' twill weave; pleated; collar and cuff trim, and buttonhole loops: silk, cotton and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, 5:1 satin weave with warp-float faced 2:1 'Z' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lining: silk, plain weave; sleeve lining: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; metal buttons