Stock Photo - Woman’s Waitao (Semiformal Domestic Surcoat), Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1820/40, Han-Chinese, China, Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave, embroidered in knot, satin, and stem stitches, sleeve bands: silk, plain weave self-patterned by ground weft floats and areas of 1:1 gauze crossings, embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in knot, satin, and split stitches, laid work and couching, edged with silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound by secondary binding warps and self-patterned by ground weft floats, ribbon: silk and silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps, trim, closures, and ties: silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave, lined with silk, 3:1 twill damask weave, sleeve inner lining: cotton, plain weave, 114.7 × 133.8 cm (45 1/8 × 52 5/8 in.)