Chinese woman's headband with jade figures of Budai

Chinese: Textiles Pre 1920: item #1105452

This headband is decorated with 38 apple green jade figures of Budai and silver elements with butterflies and flowers. In good condition. Length 43 cm. and 9 cm. wide. China.

Chinese Embroidered Silk Chair Cover, c. 1800.

Chinese: Textiles: Panels Pre 1800: item #1099567
4279

Beautifully embroidered Chinese chair cover featuring longevity symbols and dating from around 1800. The top register depicting a crane carrying peaches. The position of the chair back and the front overhang decorated with a deer and a crane under a pine tree among pierced rocks, gourds, leaves and flowers. Orange silk satin ground embroidered in satin stitch and gold couched highlights. Pink cotton lining. Condition: overall staining and fading, ground fabric discolored and stained from lining,... Click for details

Chinese Miao Child's Tiger Wind Hat Embroidered

Chinese: Textiles: Apparel Pre 1920: item #1098855
JHhat

A charming Chinese child's padded wind hat with the face of a tiger on the front. The tiger is a fierce animal which protects children from evil. Called a wind hat because of the protection it gives to the back of the neck, this hat is made of silk and embroidered with a butterfly on each side. In good antique condition, it does have some wear. Please study photos carefully. Colors are still vivid. Circa 1910.

Pair of Chinese Silk Embroidered Sleeve Bands

Chinese: Textiles: Apparel Pre 1910: item #1098296
SFbands

A pair of 19th C mirror image cream colored embroidered Chinese sleeve bands. Very finely embroidered with butterflies, moths, and birds in medallions outlined with couched gold threads. One sleeve band is in excellent antique condition. The silk on the other sleeve band has darkened and the is some fraying at the ends. Measures 20.24" (51.4 cm) long x 4.75" (12.1 cm)

Antique Chinese Men's Theater Robe

Chinese: Textiles: Apparel Pre 1910: item #1095887

Beautifully embroidered red silk robe with every color butterfly. The maid design is of a grape vine. The butterflies flutter around the vine and grapes. Overall excellent condition. Three spots where a repair was made. It measures 74" sleeve to sleeve, 64" long.

Antique Chinese Lavender Woman's Robe

Chinese: Textiles: Apparel Pre 1900: item #1095883

Beautifully embroidered lavender robe with peacocks of various colors. The sleeves are bordered with a cream/ivory colored silk embroidered with birds on a flowering branch. The robe is bordered with royal blue and lime green. Overall excellent condition with some staining. Brass buttons. It measures 63.25" wide 37.5" long. 19th century.

Antique Chinese 8 Dragon and Zodiac Embroidered Robe

Chinese: Textiles: Apparel Pre 1900: item #1095866

Beautifully embroidered robe with the twelve zodiac signs and 8 dragons. An abundance of gold thread was used to embroider the robe. The animals of the zodiac are on a gold ground encircled by a leafed border. The dragons have four claws and are within a circle on blue clouds. The robe is adorned with men, women and children dispersed with an interwoven symbol and swastikas. It measures 62" wide by 42" long.

Chinese Red Brocade Silk Purse with Tassel

Chinese: Textiles: Apparel Pre 1930: item #1094337
STFredpurs

A bright red Chinese satin silk purse with embroidery and tassel. The red silk has a floral pattern. The inside feels like silk but a looser weave. The colors are still vibrant, there are no stains and the purse is in excellent original condition with the exception of a 1.5" area at a fold where it is fraying, see last photo. The purse measures 6.5 inches long and 6 inches across at the widest point. With the tassel it measures 8.5 inches long.

Chinese Kesi dragon robe.

Chinese: Textiles Pre 1910: item #1094009

A Chinese nine dragons kesi robe.150cm long.

Chinese Silk and Velvet Skirt Embroidered, Qing

Chinese: Textiles: Apparel Pre 1900: item #1093380
SFskirt

Antique Chinese skirt with green velvet panels embroidered with images of flowers and bats. It is very unusual to find these skirts with velvet panels. Measuring 39 inches long, it is in good used condition. There is some staining (water marks?)on silk areas, embroidered velvet panels in very good condition with the exception of one tear about 3" that can be easily repaired. Wear at hem border ribbon.