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Lot 3533

A Collection of Antique Chinese Textiles

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Early 20th century, the collection includes: a lady's jacket, lined with light blue silk, borders to the sleeves, neck, and lower hem with finely embroidered Buddhist treasure motifs created with polychrome silk and gold wrapped thread (31 x 72 in.)(stains, soil to surface; some fading to color; tears and separation to silk around the collar; missing button at the collar and at lower left side), a lady's skirt (37 x 56 in.)(toning and some staining to wide waist; lower portion of skirt is in very good condition with only some scattered stitch loss; blue silk interior lining with some worm holes and tears along the edges), a pair of girl's shoes (5 1/2 x 2 x 4 in.)(some losses to lower ribbon and fabric around the heel; wear and soil with some fading to fabric), and a hat with tassel (2 1/2 x 9 x 9 in.)(some scattered spots to discoloration; some wear to tassels; some wormholes to sides of the hat).

From the Historic Collection of Limestone University, Gaffney, South Carolina