Lot Essay
Amy Heard Gray was the niece of Augustine Heard (1785-1868), who established trading houses in Shanghai, Macao and Canton
Details
A GREEN GAUZE SUMMER ROBE
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Finely woven with an overall pattern of butterflies within purple and yellow-ground applied borders, within a wider counted-stitch black border at the collar and cuffs decorated with multi-colored flower sprays and butterflies--54¼in. (154.8cm.) long
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Finely woven with an overall pattern of butterflies within purple and yellow-ground applied borders, within a wider counted-stitch black border at the collar and cuffs decorated with multi-colored flower sprays and butterflies--54¼in. (154.8cm.) long
Provenance
Amy Heard Gray (1860-1949)
Joan Gray, Santa Barbara, California
Joan Gray, Santa Barbara, California