An informal robe of midnight blue satin, embroidered in 'three blues' silks with butterflies and Buddhistic emblems worked in Peking knot, with prunus blossom, peonies, orchids and chrysanthemums between, lined with white rabbit fur, late 19th/early 20th century (lining probably a later addition)

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An informal robe of midnight blue satin, embroidered in 'three blues' silks with butterflies and Buddhistic emblems worked in Peking knot, with prunus blossom, peonies, orchids and chrysanthemums between, lined with white rabbit fur, late 19th/early 20th century (lining probably a later addition)

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