A CHINESE EMBROIDERED SILK DRAGON THEATRICAL ROBE

LATE QING DYNASTY TO REPUBLIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1900�1920S OFF-WHITE/CREAM SILK SATIN GROUND, LINED WITH PALE CHARTREUSE SILK AND COARSE NATURAL LINEN/HEMP COLLAR FOUNDATION. CROSSOVER/SIDE-WRAP CUT SECURED WITH FABRIC CORD TIES, FEATURING BROAD FULL-LENGTH SLEEVES AND HIGH SIDE OPENINGS. WORKED IN MONOCHROME COBALT AND SKY-BLUE SILK FLOSS WITH COUCHED METALLIC THREAD AND PURPLE ACCENTS, DEPICTING FIVE-CLAWED DRAGONS AMID TRAILING CLOUDS, FLAMING PEARLS, AND BATS ABOVE A DEEP LISHUI WAVE BASE. CONDITION: FAIR ANTIQUE/VINTAGE CONDITION; EMBROIDERY GENERALLY INTACT AND CRISP. FABRIC SEPARATION, FRAYING, AND TEARING BENEATH BOTH ARMPITS AND AT UNDERARM TIE JOINS. HEAVY RUBBING, FRAYING, AND SPLITS TO SILK ALONG COLLAR AND NECK RIM EXPOSING INNER INTERFACING. SCATTERED SMUDGES, DARK MARKS, AND SPOTTING TO THE CREAM SILK GROUND AND INTERIOR LINING; MINOR THREAD PULLS TO COUCHED BORDERS. MEASURES APPROX. 57 IN TALL, 68 IN SLEEVE WIDTH