Uncut Robe: Sleeve Panel (c. 1890s): Art, History and Details
Uncut Robe: Sleeve Panel at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1890s, embroidered silk, gauze weave. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Uncut Robe: Sleeve 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 section was for a sleeve. 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: Sleeve Panel
- Date: c. 1890s
- Culture: China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
- Type: Garment
- Technique: embroidered silk, gauze weave
- Dimensions: Overall: 142.2 x 77.5 cm (56 x 30 1/2 in.)
- Collection: Textiles
- Department: Textiles
- Accession number: 1976.1088.a
Collection credit
Gift of C. L. Burton
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See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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