Ming Yellow Satin Embroidered Cloud Dragon Pattern Jifu Robe

[Ming Yellow Satin Embroidered Yunlong Pattern Jifu Robe]

Ming Yellow Satin Embroidered Yunlong Pattern Jifu Robe, Qing Qianlong, has a body length of 146 centimeters, two sleeve overall length of 186 centimeters, cuff width of 19.5 centimeters, hem width of 123 centimeters, and train length of 69 centimeters. The old collection of the Qing Palace
The auspicious robe is the auspicious robe of the Empress of the Qing Dynasty, also known as the dragon robe. According to the Qing Dynasty code, there are three types of empress dragon robes, and this is one of them. The robe has a bright yellow satin surface embroidered with cloud dragon patterns, and is lined with moon white silk. “Round neck, right lapel with large lapel, sleeve made up of sleeve body, middle connecting sleeve, connecting sleeve and horseshoe shaped sleeve end, left and right split train style double layer robe.”. On the right side, there are four silver gilded gold water carved flower buckles. “On the fifth day of May, the 33rd year of Qianlong’s reign, a piece of golden dragon jacket robe was collected from the Ming Dynasty.”
The dragon robe was embroidered with multicolored silk threads and two-color round gold threads. The robe was embroidered with nine gold dragons on the front with five claws, one on the chest, one on the back, and one on both shoulders, with four front dragons on the lower side and one front dragon on the inner side. In addition, embroider a gold dragon on the front and back of the stone blue collar, one on the left and right, and one on the intersection of the lapels. Embroider two gold dragons on the middle sleeve of the stone blue collar, and one on the horseshoe sleeve end. The hem is embroidered with eight treasures to stand on the water. The body is decorated with colorful flowing clouds and miscellaneous precious patterns such as ten thousand characters, bats, chimes, ruyi, books, bottles, and ganoderma lucidum
The patterns embroidered on the Dragon Robe employ a variety of needle techniques, such as covering, aligning, connecting, rolling, stitching, tying, seeding, flat gold, and plate gold. The sea water is composed of five colors: red, blue, green, yellow, and crimson. Each color is tinted with a pair of pins to form two shades of color. The five colors are alternated with white, and both are applied with a double gold line as a dividing line, enriching the sea water layers and displaying a sparkling effect. The cloud pattern is mainly colored with sky blue, paired with red, green, and white, making it more colorful and elegant. Dragon pattern embroidery is the most delicate, with a variety of stitches used in combination. The face is flat and gold, the eyes and nose are aligned, the beard and hair are covered with needles, the teeth are seeded, the dorsal fin, tail fin, and claw nail are stitched, and the scales overlap with each other, highlighting and vividly displaying the vitality and rhythm of the golden dragon.