THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
AN EMBROIDERED PINK SILK JACKET
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AN EMBROIDERED PINK SILK JACKET
LATE 19TH CENTURY
The silk woven with an overall pattern of clustered floral roundels superimposed upon a ground of dense quatrefoils, all within a yellow inner border and royal blue outer border, both decorated in satin stitch with butterflies, bats, stylized ruyi heads and floral sprays, the blue cuffs of the sleeves finely embroidered with flowering chrysanthemum picked out in bright green and purple threads
34¼in. (87cm.) long
LATE 19TH CENTURY
The silk woven with an overall pattern of clustered floral roundels superimposed upon a ground of dense quatrefoils, all within a yellow inner border and royal blue outer border, both decorated in satin stitch with butterflies, bats, stylized ruyi heads and floral sprays, the blue cuffs of the sleeves finely embroidered with flowering chrysanthemum picked out in bright green and purple threads
34¼in. (87cm.) long