ANOTHER PROPERTY
AN EMBROIDERED BROWN-GROUND SILK INFORMAL ROBE
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AN EMBROIDERED BROWN-GROUND SILK INFORMAL ROBE
CIRCA 1900
Finely embroidered in satin stitch and couched gold threads with an overall pattern of flowering orchid clusters picked out in shades of pistachio green, lavender, blue, coral and white, reserved on a deep reddish-brown ground, all within a narrow brocade blue and cream band and black-ground borders with further orchids, with pale blue bands at the cuffs
54in. (137.2cm.) long
CIRCA 1900
Finely embroidered in satin stitch and couched gold threads with an overall pattern of flowering orchid clusters picked out in shades of pistachio green, lavender, blue, coral and white, reserved on a deep reddish-brown ground, all within a narrow brocade blue and cream band and black-ground borders with further orchids, with pale blue bands at the cuffs
54in. (137.2cm.) long