THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
AN APRICOT-GROUND EMBROIDERED SILK INFORMAL ROBE
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AN APRICOT-GROUND EMBROIDERED SILK INFORMAL ROBE
CIRCA 1900
Finely embroidered in satin stitch in multi-colored threads with an allover pattern of delicate lotus sprays interspersed with fan-tailed fish against a bright orange ground, all within a narrow brocade cornflower blue band and wide black ground border similarly embroidered, with cream silk cuffs further decorated with fish and flowers
53 1/2in. (135.9cm.) long
CIRCA 1900
Finely embroidered in satin stitch in multi-colored threads with an allover pattern of delicate lotus sprays interspersed with fan-tailed fish against a bright orange ground, all within a narrow brocade cornflower blue band and wide black ground border similarly embroidered, with cream silk cuffs further decorated with fish and flowers
53 1/2in. (135.9cm.) long