An embroidered gauze skirt from a formal court summer chaofu19th century
The sectioned skirt worked in fine gold couched threads, satin embroidery, and counted stitches, depicting dragon medallions above paired, five-clawed dragons and cranes on either side of cosmic mountain peaks amidst multi-colored ruyi-clouds and bats above tumultuous waves and a lishui border, the waist band similarly decorated; all against a black ground and lined with gold printed trim (wear and small tears to trim).
31 3/4in (80.6cm) long