Late Qing/Republic periodThe first a red silk jacket embroidered with a mandarin duck badgeof the seventh civil rank, cream colored sleeve bands and collartrim (extensive wear, staining); the second a dark blue satin groundskirt with couched gilt thread embroidery of dragons and phoenixes(minor wear); the third a red silk ground skirt embroidered in satinand knotted stitches with panels of auspicious emblems intermixedwith larger flower heads (fading, minor stains); the fourth a red silkgauze skirt embroidered in satin and knotted stitches with panels ofbutterflies and flowers (wear to black trim, fading, soiling); the last ofecru satin embroidered in the sanlan technique with flowers and bats(extensively altered).35in (89cm) length of jacket39 3/4 to 34 1/4in (101 to 87cm) length of skirts