CHINESE TEXTILES
An embroidered cover of yellow silk satin embroidered in coloured silks and gilt threads with a dragon chasing a flaming pearl over a sea-wave border, within a border of dark blue satin, probably originally a sleeve from a dragon robe--24in x 21½in (at largest), circa 1800; and a pair of densely embroidered sleeve bands worked in Peking knot stitch, Chinese, 19th century
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An embroidered cover of yellow silk satin embroidered in coloured silks and gilt threads with a dragon chasing a flaming pearl over a sea-wave border, within a border of dark blue satin, probably originally a sleeve from a dragon robe--24in x 21½in (at largest), circa 1800; and a pair of densely embroidered sleeve bands worked in Peking knot stitch, Chinese, 19th century
See Colour Illustration (2)
See Colour Illustration (2)