Uncut Robe: Proper Left Front and Back Panel (c. 1890s): Art, History and Details

Uncut Robe: Proper Left Front and Back Panel (c. 1890s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

This is one of three panels of silk netting that would have been cut out and sewn into a gown. This continuous length of fabric would become the gown's proper left front and back panel. The airy fabric is embroidered in gold, white, blues, pinks, and violets with designs of phoenix birds, chrysanthemums, and symbols of longevity.

Object facts

• Title: Uncut Robe: Proper Left Front and Back Panel
• Date: c. 1890s
• Culture: China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
• Type: Garment
• Technique: embroidered silk, gauze weave
• Dimensions: Overall: 279.4 x 77.5 cm (110 x 30 1/2 in.)
• Collection: Textiles
• Department: Textiles
• Accession number: 1976.1088.c

Collection credit

Gift of C. L. Burton

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