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
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