Man's robe
date: label: Date
content: 1796–1820
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Long robe of brown satin embroidered in colored silks and metallic yarns. Long sleeves of black taffeta with embroidered horse-shoe cuffs. Diagonal front closure with a band of black satin, embroiderd in colored silks. Three 5-toed dragons on front, worked in gold with red silk flames. Background of cloud bands in colors, interspersed with auspicious symbols such as bat, peony, swastika, flaming pearl, lotus, jar, fish. Deep wave border at bottom.
place: label: made in
content: China
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1960-32-1
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Man's robe
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, metallic yarns Technique: embroidered on satin weave Label: silk satin embroidered with silk and metallic yarns
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 140 x 218.4 cm (55 1/8 in. x 7 ft. 2 in.)