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Collection Online as of December 21, 2025

Imperial Robe

1770s

China, Qing dynasty

(1644-1911)
silk; embroidery with peacock tail feathers
Overall: 138.4 x 185.4 cm (54 1/2 x 73 in.)
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1915.622
Location: Not on view
  • ?–January 1915
    Dr. J. C. [John Calvin] Ferguson [福開森, 1866–1945], Newton, MA, sold to H. W. [Henry Watson] Kent [1866–1948] as agent for the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
    1915
    John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1915–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Butts, H. Daniel. Textiles of Consummate Beauty." In Mansfield Art Center (Mansfield, Ohio). Arts of China: From the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Mansfield, Ohio]: [Mansfield Art Center], 1983. p. 15, no. 68
    "Compass: Common thread, Luxury fabric." HALI; the International Journal of Oriental Carpets and Textiles. Issue 222, Winter 2024 p. 42
  • The Arts of China from The Cleveland Museum of Art. Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH (February 27-April 10, 1983).
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