Art Institute of Chicago
Embroidered Fabric for an Empress's Gunfu (Court Surcoat)
Manchu · Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1898–1908
Provenance
Ownership history
- Hisazo Nagatani, Chicago, by Aug. 15, 1946 [incoming receipt R8747, Aug. 15, 1946; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1946.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Clothed to Rule the Universe: Ming and Qing Dynasty Textiles at The Art Institute of Chicago, Sept. 13, 2000–Jan. 2, 2001, cat.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Fabricating Fashion, Aug. 20, 2022–Jan. 2, 2023, no. cat.
Literature
Published references
- John E. Vollmer, et al., "Clothed to Rule the Universe: Ming and Qing Dynasty Textiles at The Art Institute of Chicago," published in conjunction with the exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 26, no. 2 (2000): 21-2, 55, cat. 9, plate IV (ill.).
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