Description: Silk with multi-colored silk threads, pierced, woven application borders, embroidered bands at the hems and embroidered silk sleeve bands, inside with silk lining, three fabric buttons and loops at the front
China, 1920s
This midnight blue silk Lady’s robe shows vivid embroidery decoration in rich colors. The embroideries depict floral arrangements and various traditional symbols such as fish, butterflies, or gourds. The hems at the lower part, collar and sleeves are featuring a broad, floral band embroidered in blue hues. Light silk bands decorated with courtiers amidst picturesque landscapes round off the sleeves.
Shape: Robe
Dimensions: Total width (measured with stretched out sleeves) 146 cm; maximum length 117 cm
Condition: Excellent condition with only very few loose threads
Provenance: Old Austrian Private collection, assembled in the 1930s to early 1950s
民國石青緞富貴花卉蝴蝶女褂
品相極好,稍有脫綫
奧地利私人老收藏,上世紀三十年代至五十年代間購入