AN EMBROIDERED BLACK SILK WOMAN'S SURCOAT
PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION 
AN EMBROIDERED BLACK SILK WOMAN'S SURCOAT

CIRCA 1900

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AN EMBROIDERED BLACK SILK WOMAN'S SURCOAT
CIRCA 1900
Worked on the front and back in satin stitch and couched gold threads with eight large roundels incorporating a circle of bats, floral sprays and a central shou character, all above the terrestrial diagram and lishui stripe at the hem, the design repeated at the cuffs, all picked out in bright colors of green, lavender, pink, turquoise and yellow against a black ground
55 in. (139.5 cm.) long