A RED-GROUND EMBROIDERED SILK LADY'S INFORMAL ROBE

CIRCA 1900

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A RED-GROUND EMBROIDERED SILK LADY'S INFORMAL ROBE
Circa 1900
Worked in satin stitch on the front and back panels with large narcissus plants, their thin blade-like leaves bending and intertwining amidst hovering butterflies, all picked out in shade of green, white, yellow and blue and reserved on a brick-red ground, within wide black-ground borders at the sides, collar and sleeves embroidered with similar plants and inner border of cream cuffs
53in. (136.5cm.) long