An informal robe of turquoise silk, strewn with butterflies amidst sprays of wysteria and flower roundels embroidered in coloured silks, the sleevebands of ivory satin worked with similar motifs, the black silk borders worked with further flowers in three shades of blue, late 19th century
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An informal robe of turquoise silk, strewn with butterflies amidst sprays of wysteria and flower roundels embroidered in coloured silks, the sleevebands of ivory satin worked with similar motifs, the black silk borders worked with further flowers in three shades of blue, late 19th century

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An informal robe of turquoise silk, strewn with butterflies amidst sprays of wysteria and flower roundels embroidered in coloured silks, the sleevebands of ivory satin worked with similar motifs, the black silk borders worked with further flowers in three shades of blue, late 19th century
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