China's Empresses at the Peabody-Essex Museum: fabrics

What a splendid exhibit!  I can truly say, I have enjoyed the Peabody-Essex's exhibit "Empresses of China's Forbidden City" as much as I have enjoyed any Asian exhibit, anywhere.
It is such a varied and wonderful exhibit that I have to do three separate blogs in order to do it justice: Fabrics, Paintings, and Objects.

The incredible ceremonial robes, hairpins, etc. that the show curated would have been an exhibit that could have stood alone.
Here is the first blog: Fabrics.

The Peabody-Essex

Roof over Atrium

Barbara, Susan, Bill

Festive Robe with Eight Dragon-Phoenix Roundels and 

Twelve Imperial Symbols

Guangxu period, 1875-1908

Festive Headdress with Phoenixes and Peonies

probably last half of 19th. Century

Court Vest with Dragons and Clouds

Yongzheng Period, 1723-35

detail of above

Court Hat with Phoenixes

18th. or 19th. cent

detail of above

Six-panel wall hanging with phoenixes and birds in landscape,

Daoist Immortals, and the character for longevity
Quanlong period, 1736-1795

detail of above

I had to capture some of these remarkable birds

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Theatrical robe with peaches butterflies, bats and clouds

Quanlong period, 1736-1795

Festive robe with eight roundels of baskets with lotuses

Yongzheng Period, 1723-35

detail of above

detail of above

Hair ornaments

Hair ornament with basket of lotuses

Lobed fan with cranes, peaches and rocks

Qianlong period, 1736-1795

Boots with phoenixes, peonies and lotuses

Kangxi period, 1662-1722

Empress Cixi, the last empress of China

Robe with phoenixes, peonies and the character for longevity

Guangxu period, 1875-1908