Antique vintage Chinese embroidered coat  made of a black silk satin fabric. There are a variety of colorful flower roundel medallions, butterflies, and roses, moths and bats embroidered throughout. The coat has more embroidery around the neck, sleeve cuffs, front opening,  The lower Lishui border is embroidered with diagonal bands and rounded billows representing a sea-wave with water and rocks on the center symbolizing the earth mountain, in metallic gold or bronze. The hand embroidery is stunning. It is one of a kind. The border is all in perfect condition.

This fabulous coat style robe has a round neck, front closure fastened with black silk loop toggles. It is fully lined in a black patterned silk fabric. 

 Marked Size: none

Bust: 42”

Hips: 42”

Shoulder: 19”

Sleeve Length (from underarm): 14”

Sleeve Length (from shoulder): 15.5”

Total Length: 40.5”

CONDITION: Very good condition, mostly, with some fraying on the some of the edges; the shoulders have some fraying as shown, and there is a repair on the inside of the front, The lining is frayed on the inside of the underarm seams but that is easily fixed. Also some of the inside neck edge. The embroideries are intact, and the hemline metallic embroidery is still in amazing condition.  The one lining photo shows it before somehow this deterioration set in.