Philadelphia Museum of Art - Collections Object : Man's Summer Court Robe (Chao Pao)

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Costume and Textiles

Man's Summer Court Robe (Chao Pao)

Made in China, Asia

Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Daoguang Period (1821-1850)

Artist/maker unknown, Chinese

Silk plain weave with silk and gilt thread embroidery in Peking knot, satin, and couching stitches
Center Back Length: 57 inches (144.8 cm)

Currently not on view

1947-4-1

Purchased with the John T. Morris Fund from the Carl Schuster Collection, 1947

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Additional information:

The Fine Art of Textiles
A man's court robe in this style was worn by either a court official of one of the first four civil or military ranks or by a first-class imperial guardsman. Dilys E. Blum, from The Fine Art of Textiles: The Collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (1997), p. 169.