THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
AN EMBROIDERED CORAL-GROUND SILK BRIDAL COAT
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AN EMBROIDERED CORAL-GROUND SILK BRIDAL COAT
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Worked in satin stitch and couched gold threads with writhing five-clawed dragons confronting flaming pearls amidst cloud clusters, bats and auspicious emblems picked out in Peking knot, all above the hem decorated with lishui stripe and overlapping waves incorporating large peonies, with pale blue-ground cuffs embroidered with elephants, trimmed in black
44in. (111.8cm.) long
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Worked in satin stitch and couched gold threads with writhing five-clawed dragons confronting flaming pearls amidst cloud clusters, bats and auspicious emblems picked out in Peking knot, all above the hem decorated with lishui stripe and overlapping waves incorporating large peonies, with pale blue-ground cuffs embroidered with elephants, trimmed in black
44in. (111.8cm.) long