SILK EMBROIDERED LADY'S SKIRT AND OVERCOAT QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY 清 櫻桃紅地刺繡人物花蝶紋百褶裙 及 深紫地葫蘆蒲扇人物紋外套（共兩件） the pleated ruby-pink-coloured silk skirt edged in black with a central panel embroidered with a scene of ladies in a garden; and the deep-purple silk damask overcoat woven with scattered double-gourd and fan motifs, with black silk borders and collar embroidered in vibrant colours with small female figures in landscape with gold-thread couching ground, with five metal buttons marked 'Doughty & Co. Treble Gilt London' (Overcoat: 144cm across shoulder, 91cm high) Qty: (2) Provenance: Private collection, Janet McCorkindale Cochrane Scott (1909 - 2005), thence by descent. Janet McCorkindale Cochrane Scott was a keen embroiderer and was Chairman of the Glasgow Embroiderers’ Guild. She was given the collection of what appeared to be ornate Chinese embroidery and clothing items by a fellow member of the Guild. She gave the collection to her daughter-in-law, who is also a keen embroiderer, in the late 1990’s.