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Robe with medallions, flowers, and butterflies
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
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19th century (1801 - 1900)
Qing Dynasty (1645 - 1911)
- Material and technique
- silk, tapestry woven (kesi) with coloured silk and gold-wrapped threads, and painted; silk lining, dyed pink; knotted silk buttons
- Dimensions
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width at sleeve 160 x 186 cm (height x width)
width at waist 160.5 cm (width)
width at hem 119.5 cm (width)
- Material index
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organic › animal › animal product › silk,
- Technique index
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dyed,
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Accession no.
- EAX.1461
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Further reading
Vainker, Shelagh, Chinese Silk. A Cultural History (London: The British Museum Press, 2004), p. 170, illus. pp. 170-171 figs 110 & 111
Location
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- currently in research collection
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