Vestment (For a First-degree Taoist Priest), by Han-Chinese, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1850/1900
Gallery mode Full size at the museum

Window mode follows your eyes with your camera, in this browser only: no picture or position leaves your device.

Vestment (For a First-degree Taoist Priest)

Han-Chinese (China)

Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1850/1900

Medium
Silk and cotton, plain weaves and silk, plain weave self-patterned by ground weft floats; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton in chain, eyelet, and satin stitches; laid work and couching; collar…
Classification
Costume and Accessories
Dimensions
141.8 × 162.9 cm (55 3/4 × 64 1/8 in.)
Culture
China
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago, Textiles
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. William J. Calhoun
Rights
Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

View at the Art Institute of Chicago