A Chinese lady's outer robe of midnight blue silk, embroidered in coloured silks and gilt threads, with eight roundels worked with shou symbols, peaches and butterflies, also with scattered chrysanthemums and blossom, trimmed with braid, lined with blue silk, mid 19th century

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A Chinese lady's outer robe of midnight blue silk, embroidered in coloured silks and gilt threads, with eight roundels worked with shou symbols, peaches and butterflies, also with scattered chrysanthemums and blossom, trimmed with braid, lined with blue silk, mid 19th century
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