A Chinese formal apron skirt of green satin embroidered in coloured silks and couched gilt threads with dragons, the side panels alternating with orange satin and worked with flowers and cicada; an informal robe of dark blue satin embroidered with plum blossom and cicada seams undone; and two other pieces, 19th and 20th century

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A Chinese formal apron skirt of green satin embroidered in coloured silks and couched gilt threads with dragons, the side panels alternating with orange satin and worked with flowers and cicada; an informal robe of dark blue satin embroidered with plum blossom and cicada seams undone; and two other pieces, 19th and 20th century

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