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[svgallery name="Chinese Pannel"]
Lovely Chinese silk panel is heavily embroidered with gold metallic and silk thread. Two circular key holes reveal natural scenes. Center features a lovely lady with a bridge in the back round. Silk embroidered border appears to have a tree or flower motif.
Measurements
Pannel measures 9 inches tall and 3.5 inches wide.
Condition
The embroidery is [...]
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[svgallery name="Green tassels"]
Four silk tassels from the 1920s. These were brought to me by two elderly sisters who live in my neighborhood. Their parents were missionaries in China in the 1920s and I believe these were among the many things they brought home with them. Thin silk tassels are wrapped with metallic thread over what [...]
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[svgallery name="Pink applique"]
Lovely, large pair of mirrored appliques from the 1940s. I believe they are machine embroidered on silk chiffon. Cabbage roses with small buds and leafy details. I imagine these originally sprayed over both heavily padded shoulders of a sophisticated evening gown of the period. These appliqués are more coral pink than they appear [...]
