THE PROPERTY OF ANOTHER GENTLEMAN
A FINE EMBROIDERED PURPLE-GROUND SILK LADY'S INFORMAL VEST

Details
A FINE EMBROIDERED PURPLE-GROUND SILK LADY'S INFORMAL VEST
CIRCA 1900

Finely worked in satin stitch on the front and back with an overall pattern of multi-colored butterflies, the design repeated on the black-ground borders, within mint-green and gold and black brocade bands
56¼in. (142.8cm.) long

Lot Essay

Compare the black-ground silk woman's informal vest of slightly earlier date, similarly embroidered with small butterflies on the front and back panels, as well as the borders, included in the exhibition, Five Colours of the Universe, Symbolism in clothes and fabrics of the Ch'ing Dynasty, The Edmonton Art Gallery, November 7, 1980 - January 11, 1981, illustrated by John E. Vollmer in the Catalogue, pp. 6-7