Antique IMPERIAL Dragon Silk Tapestry JIFU Robe ~KESI~

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ANTIQUE IMPERIAL DRAGON TAPESTRY18TH/19TH CENTURY For your consideration from a private collection. Antique 18th/19th Century Dragon Silk Tapestry. Very old, all original. This is a fragment that would be found on imperial robes found within the chinese palace. I have searched far and wide and have not been able to find an identical robe fragment anywhere. It is very similar to some of the original robe tapestries initially implemented in the late 1700s. This would be a rare addition to any collection. Measures 42 inches tall and 26.5 inches wide. All authentic as pictured. Imperial jifu (semi-formal court robe) of this type, richly embroidered with eight dynamic dragons and the Twelve Symbols of Imperial Authority, were exclusively reserved for the use of the Emperor. Jifu were worn at the Qing court for imperial birthday celebrations and on less formal occasions, together with the jifu dai (festive dress belt), the jiguan (festive hat), the court necklace and a surcoat. According to Linda Wigglesworth and Gary Dickinson, in Imperial Wardrobe, Berkeley, 2000, p. 159, the tailoring of the jifu is quite different from the chaopao (official court robe) and was based on the traditional Manchu garment rather than the Ming-style formal dress construction. A related emperor's robe is illustrated ibid., pl. 612; another is included in read more

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