Kesi Shi Qing Di Ba Tuan Long Cotton Coat

[Kesi Shi Qing Di Ba Tuan Long Cotton Coat]

Kesi Shi Qing Di Ba Tuan Long Cotton Coat is made in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, with a length of 147 centimeters, a total length of 169.5 centimeters at both sleeves, and a rear train opening of 84 centimeters. The old collection of the Qing Palace
The dragon coat is a stone blue color, with a round neck and a placket, flat sleeves, and a train at the back. Four groups of positive dragons and four groups of line dragons are woven with round gold thread tapestry, surrounded by colorful silk threads woven with flowing clouds and seawater, and the bottom hem is woven with patterns of longevity, happiness, sea, and miscellaneous treasures
The crown clothes of the empress dowager are divided into formal dresses, auspicious clothes, regular clothes, and walking clothes. The dragon coat is one of the auspicious clothes worn by the empress dowager or empress during important ceremonial occasions such as birthday celebrations and banquet giving. It is a kind of clothing worn outside the dragon robe. According to the “Imperial Collection of the Great Qing Dynasty”, the Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager’s Dragon Gowns are “colored in stone blue, embroidered with five claws and eight groups of golden dragons, with one front dragon on both shoulders and one back dragon on both sides, four dragons on the front, eight treasures on the bottom, and two dragons on each sleeve.” This Dragon Gowns is precisely tailored to the regulations.