THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A PINK AND BLUE SILK LADY'S JACKET
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A PINK AND BLUE SILK LADY'S JACKET
LATE 19TH CENTURY
The rose-pink silk woven with lotus and butterflies, applied with wide blue borders embroidered with various flowers, butterflies and long-tailed birds, within blue brocade and black-ground bands, the cuffs finely worked on the reverse with couched gold and silver threads depicting phoenix, peony and 'auspicious' objects
35 1/2in. (90.3cm.) long
LATE 19TH CENTURY
The rose-pink silk woven with lotus and butterflies, applied with wide blue borders embroidered with various flowers, butterflies and long-tailed birds, within blue brocade and black-ground bands, the cuffs finely worked on the reverse with couched gold and silver threads depicting phoenix, peony and 'auspicious' objects
35 1/2in. (90.3cm.) long