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AN INFORMAL ROBE OF PETROL BLUE SATIN
embroidered in couched gilt and silver metal thread with bamboo issuing from rockwork, with birds and butterflies in flight, lined with ivory satin, circa 1900, probably made up later from an embroidered cover, some slight tears; and a pair of associated chair covers, similarly worked with auspicious flowers and fruit--62 x 20½in. (157.5 x 52cm.) (3)
embroidered in couched gilt and silver metal thread with bamboo issuing from rockwork, with birds and butterflies in flight, lined with ivory satin, circa 1900, probably made up later from an embroidered cover, some slight tears; and a pair of associated chair covers, similarly worked with auspicious flowers and fruit--62 x 20½in. (157.5 x 52cm.) (3)
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