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Manchu Style Summer Dragon Robe Front opening with side fastening tapered arms with horseshoe cuts slits in front and back of skirt. Royal blue silk woven with gauze weave and twisted worp threads. Motifs created by needle weaving aqua pink fuschia…

Shawl or Piano Cloth Black silk crepe with chrysanthemums embroidered with silk in satin stitch. Blue green peach apricot and white colors. Surrounded by silk thread knotted fringe attached to narrow hem. Embroidery is hand stitched good on both…

Shawl or Piano Cloth Black silk plain weave with flowers embroidered with silk thread in satin stitch. Four large orange and white peonies are placed near corners and surrounded by other orange and white flowers resembling roses with scrolling stems…

Pair of Bed Hanging Panels Peach colored satin with silk embroidered motifs in satin stitch. A: Pink and white peonies on blue branches with green and blue leaves sword like green leaves with purple flowers and brown grass seed heads and purple and…

Embroidered Rectangle Possibly for cushion cover. Embroidery with silk thread in satin stitch on white satin cloth. Gold colored peony and blue hibiscus flower with green leaves surrounded by pink and white cherry blossoms pink and white peony red…

Embroidered Rectangle Possibly for cushion cover. Embroidery with silk thread in satin stitch on white satin cloth. Blue purple and white bunches of grapes surrounded by green grape leaves in various shades motif designed to form shape of a cross.…

Painted satin rectangle Yellow daisy like flowers with brown centers and green leaves are painted in oils off center on an off white satin silk cloth. Oil Paint has leached through to back of cloth.

Silk Brocade Square Maroon satin background with four large phoenixes on each corner in gold and silver. Gold and silver clouds and smaller phoenixes around larger ones. Two edges have gold colored salvages and the other two are hemed by hand.

Chinese Officials Informal Hat (Kua p'i Mao) Skull cap shaped made of black silk satin lined with red cotton triangular segments sewn together with bias band running around the lower edge which is bound with bias satin binding. At the very top is red…

Fan Holder or possibly Chopstick holder. Blade-shaped holder made with two layers of stiffened fabric sewn down the sides and at the bottom. The top is wider and curved. One side is covered with black satin and is embellished with metallic purl…