Four Embroidered Silk Ladies' Articles

Four Embroidered Silk Ladies' Articles

19TH CENTURY

comprising a purple ground apron silk, embroidered with 'sanlan' flowers to the front panel and pleats, and three collars the first of square form constructed from a band of eightruyi-heads, the others comprised of teardrop panels, each delicately worked in polychrome floss and gilt metallic threads.

Length of skirt 41 in., 104 cm.