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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF LAURA C. FISHER
A LEMON-YELLOW SILK SKIRT
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Details
A LEMON-YELLOW SILK SKIRT
Late 19th century
The long slim skirt of delicate pattern and finely pleated all around except for the flat front and back panel framed in black silk with an inset panel embroidered below the front with cranes, a peacock, and mandarin duck in a landscape of pine and peony on a ground of cloud-pattern gold-couched threads, the back with a similar scene including a golden pheasant, the waistband of white cotton tabby
39½in. (100.3cm.) long
Late 19th century
The long slim skirt of delicate pattern and finely pleated all around except for the flat front and back panel framed in black silk with an inset panel embroidered below the front with cranes, a peacock, and mandarin duck in a landscape of pine and peony on a ground of cloud-pattern gold-couched threads, the back with a similar scene including a golden pheasant, the waistband of white cotton tabby
39½in. (100.3cm.) long
Provenance
Linda Wrigglesworth, Ltd.