id:			158153
accession number:	1995.20
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.20
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:23.288000

Woman's Robe, 907–1125. China, Liao dynasty (907-1125). Silk and gold thread: embroidery on silk gauze ground; silk lining, silk batting; overall: 130 x 177 cm (51 3/16 x 69 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1995.20

title:				Woman's Robe
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creation date:			907–1125
creation date earliest:		907
creation date latest:		1125
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	China, Liao dynasty (907-1125)
technique:	Silk and gold thread: embroidery on silk gauze ground; silk lining, silk batting
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Garment
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measurements: Overall: 130 x 177 cm (51 3/16 x 69 11/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		When Silk Was Gold: Central Asian & Chinese Textiles from the Cleveland and Metropolitan Museums of Art
	opening date:   1997-10-19T00:00:00
	<i>When Silk Was Gold: Central Asian & Chinese Textiles from the Cleveland and Metropolitan Museums of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 26, 1997-January 4, 1998); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 26, 1997-January 4, 1998); The Metropolitan Museum of Art (organizer) (March 2-May 17, 1998); The Metropolitan Museum of Art (organizer) (March 2-May 17, 1998).

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CITATIONS

	Wardell, Anne E., "Royal Regalia", Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 35 no. 08, October 1995
	page number: 	Mentioned & reproduced: p. 7
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM1995-08/page/6

	Watt, James C. Y., Anne E. Wardwell, and Morris Rossabi. When silk was gold: Central Asian and Chinese textiles. 1997.
	page number: 	pp. 176-179, color reproduction, pp. 176, 177; detail reproduction color p. 179
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	Shea, Eiren. "The Spread of Gold Thread Production in the Mongol Period: A Study of Gold Textiles in the China National Silk Museum, Hangzhou." J<em>ournal of Song-Yuan Studies</em> 50 (2021).
	page number: 	p. 381-415, illus. p. 366-72.
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