Three Chinese Silk Lady's Cheongsams, Qipao 20TH CENTURY each of full length with short sleeves and high slits at the hem, fastened with various silk embellished closures across the chest and down the side bodice. The first embroidered in multicolored threads against a black satin ground, the second woven with bamboo on a periwinkle ground, the last of mauve velvet on pale gauze. Width of each from pit to pit approximately 20-21 in., 51-53 cm. Property from a Private Chicago Estate