LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A RED-GROUND EMBROIDERED SILK LADY'S INFORMAL ROBE
Late 19th Century
Worked in multi-colored satin stitch on the front and back panels with an allover pattern of flowering prunus branches interspersed with butterflies picked out in shades of blue, green, lavender and salmon, within black-ground borders similarly decorated and an inner cream brocade border, the cuffs of cream silk
57in. (146cm.) long
Late 19th Century
Worked in multi-colored satin stitch on the front and back panels with an allover pattern of flowering prunus branches interspersed with butterflies picked out in shades of blue, green, lavender and salmon, within black-ground borders similarly decorated and an inner cream brocade border, the cuffs of cream silk
57in. (146cm.) long