Sumer Gauze Dragon Robe with Golden Embroidery

China

Qing dynasty (1644-1912), About 1900

  • Titles Sumer Gauze Dragon Robe with Golden Embroidery (Descriptive)
  • Artist China
  • Medium silk and cotton
  • Dimensions 49 1/2 × 46 in. (125.7 × 116.8 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Rhae M. Jr. and Barbara B. Swisher, AFI.438.2012
  • Work Type robe
  • Classification Costume

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