Yellow satin embroidered gold dragon copper nail Emperor Kangxi’s cotton armor

[Yellow satin embroidered gold dragon pattern copper nail Kangxi Emperor’s cotton nail]

Kangxi Ming Dynasty yellow satin embroidered flat gold dragon cloud pattern large reading nail, Qing Dynasty, coat length 75.5 cm, hem width 75.5 cm, two sleeve length 158 cm, lower garment length 71 cm, upper width 48 cm, lower width 57.5 cm. The old collection of the Qing Palace
The armour is of the upper garment and lower garment style, with the outer cloth covered with gold hat nails, and the inner part of the garment covered with blue silk and a thin layer of silk wool. The jacket is divided into left and right shoulder protectors, left and right sleeves, front bell and side bell; The lower garment is divided into left and right. The whole body is trimmed with black velvet. When wearing, each part is connected with a gold button loop to form a whole
The left and right plackets of the jacket are embroidered with a front dragon with gold thread, the dragon body is edged with red and green thread, and the flame cloud is edged with gold thread. The color of cloud pattern is different, mainly green and dark green, while the color of Siheruyi cloud pattern is pink, pink, red, moon white, blue, etc., and the color of Ganoderma lucidum cloud pattern is pink, red, etc. The back of the jacket is embroidered with a front rising dragon in the middle, and the lower hem is embroidered with patterns such as Pingshui, Shoushan, Haizhu, Zabao, and coral, with colors such as green, light green, blue, dark blue, and moon white. The clouds and waters are edged with gold thread. The left and right shoulder guards are embroidered with 9 gold dragons respectively, and a ruby and an east pearl are inlaid in the middle. The left and right armpits, the front bell and the side bell are embroidered with a front dragon rising, Pingshui, Shoushan, Ruyiyun and other decorative patterns, and the middle is nailed with gold thread to protect the elbow
A total of 16 dragons are embroidered on the lower garment, and the gold thread is used to stitch the upper and lower dragons, a total of 5. The opposite dragon head is embroidered with fire beads, bone decoration clouds, and four-in-one Ruyi clouds. The hem is embroidered with patterns such as Pingshui, Shoushan and Ruyi Cloud
This armour is specially worn by Emperor Kangxi when inspecting the Eight Banner Army.