A RUST GROUND SILK EMBROIDERED WOMAN'S SHORT INFORMAL COAT, LATE 19TH CENTURY, worked in satin stitch and Peking knot in blue threads with an allover pattern of fruit and floral clusters including peony, prunus, lotus and gourd, reserved on an orange-rust ground--45in. long; together with an unusual black-ground silk embroidered woman's short coat, late 19th century, worked in satin stitch and Peking knot with fruit and floral clusters interspersed with butterflies, reserved on an unusual embroidered black ground--45 in. long (2)