Description
A RARE MIDNIGHT-BLUE-GROUND EMBROIDERED DAMASK SILK WOMAN'S OVERCOAT, WAITAO Early 19th century Finely tailored in rich aubergine damask silk decorated with multiple roundels enclosing writhing five-clawed dragons amidst vaporous clouds and endless knots, with cream satin ruyi collar, the edges meticulously embroidered with continuous garden scenes depicting Court figures engaged...