Skip to main content

Appliqué robe (longpo yi)

late 20th century
Medium/TechniqueCotton, handspun and handwoven, indigo-dyed, and silk
DimensionsHeight x width (front panel): 130.8 × 132.1 cm (51 1/2 × 52 in.)
Height x width (back panel): 130.2 × 266.1 cm (51 1/4 × 104 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Jeffrey B. Spurr in memory of Monni Adams
Accession number2018.3195
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceBetween 2007 and 2011, sold by Tiang Ding Yang (dealer), Shanghai, China, to Jeffrey Spurr, Cambridge, MA; 2018, gift of Jeffrey Spurr to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 12, 2018)
1st half of 20th century (possibly on early side)
Decorated panel of baby carrier
1st half of 20th century, possibly on the early side
Ceremonial sarong (Lawo Butu)
Mama Katarina Paba
2002
Quilt: Indigo Stripes
Tomie Nagano
1997
Textile length
19th century
Woman's wrapper
mid 20th century
Woman's mantle
mid 20th century
Yamamura Jungo
about 1995