A Chinese semi formal robe of red silk satin embroidered in coloured silks with roundels filled with vases and flowers, over a sea-wave border with peonies worked in Peking knot stitch, the ivory satin sleeve bands worked with flowers and bird, with borders of embroidered shades of blue silks, lined in salmon pink silk damask, 19th century

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A Chinese semi formal robe of red silk satin embroidered in coloured silks with roundels filled with vases and flowers, over a sea-wave border with peonies worked in Peking knot stitch, the ivory satin sleeve bands worked with flowers and bird, with borders of embroidered shades of blue silks, lined in salmon pink silk damask, 19th century

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