Turquoise lady's silk embroidered vest
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Directory: Archives: Lost Art: Pre 1910: Item # 1239299
Directory: Archives: Lost Art: Pre 1910: Item # 1239299
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$18,000 sold
$18,000 sold
QING DYNASTY, SECOND HALF OF 19TH CENTURY The sleeveless front-opening vest is decorated with shaped panels enclosing gold color butterfies reserved on light lavender ground, within wide turquoise borders similarly decorated. Applied with ruyi-shaped bands at the front, sides and back. All the decoration is picked out in different tones of gold threads. With Western style buttons and a silk lining. 29 in. (74 cm.) long Excellent condition, except some all repair and restitch works. Reference: This semi-formal unofficial vest can be associated with the private court of the Dowager Empress Cixi (1835-1908). Whether made to be worn by Cixi herself or by one of her many ladies in waiting, it reflects the refinements of a centuries-old imperial tradition where clothing and a rich variety of accoutrements were regarded as absolutely necessary to maintain the proper hierarchical order in society.
QING DYNASTY, SECOND HALF OF 19TH CENTURY The sleeveless front-opening vest is decorated with shaped panels enclosing gold color butterfies reserved on light lavender ground, within wide turquoise borders similarly decorated. Applied with ruyi-shaped bands at the front, sides and back. All the decoration is picked out in different tones of gold threads. With Western style buttons and a silk lining. 29 in. (74 cm.) long Excellent condition, except some all repair and restitch works. Reference: This semi-formal unofficial vest can be associated with the private court of the Dowager Empress Cixi (1835-1908). Whether made to be worn by Cixi herself or by one of her many ladies in waiting, it reflects the refinements of a centuries-old imperial tradition where clothing and a rich variety of accoutrements were regarded as absolutely necessary to maintain the proper hierarchical order in society.