A Chinese informal coat of turquoise silk satin embroidered in Peking knot sitch in coloured silks with figurative roundels and flower sprigs; a pink silk damask jacket and skirt heavily embroidered in metal threads, Malaysian; another robe of purple silk satin bound in emerald green; and a pair of shoes, all 20th century

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A Chinese informal coat of turquoise silk satin embroidered in Peking knot sitch in coloured silks with figurative roundels and flower sprigs; a pink silk damask jacket and skirt heavily embroidered in metal threads, Malaysian; another robe of purple silk satin bound in emerald green; and a pair of shoes, all 20th century

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