THE PROPERTY OF AN EAST COAST INSTITUTION
AN EMBROIDERED PALE BROWN-GROUND SILK INFORMAL ROBE, LATE 19TH CENTURY, worked in satin stitch with sprays of narcissus amidst butterflies, picked out in pale shades of green, blue and cream with coral highlights, reserved on an attractive gunmetal ground, within brocade inner borders and shaded blue-embroidered outer borders, cream cuffs with multi-colored flowers--54¾in. long
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AN EMBROIDERED PALE BROWN-GROUND SILK INFORMAL ROBE, LATE 19TH CENTURY, worked in satin stitch with sprays of narcissus amidst butterflies, picked out in pale shades of green, blue and cream with coral highlights, reserved on an attractive gunmetal ground, within brocade inner borders and shaded blue-embroidered outer borders, cream cuffs with multi-colored flowers--54¾in. long