A PADDED WINTER SURCOAT WITH PEKINESE STITCH EMBROIDERY, QING

Textured silk with multi-colored silk and gold brocade threads, with pierced, woven application borders, embroidered bands at the hems and embroidered silk sleeve bands, inside with silk lining, one metal and one fabric button as well as two fabric bands at the front, inside patted
China, Qing Dynasty


This fine woman's padded winter surcoat is made of black silk with textured, woven roundels showing Buddhist symbols such as the endless knot. The hems at the side openings have a ruyi shape. Along the collar, the center opening, and the sides are a narrow and a broad embroidered border with floral decors and birds.

Most appealing are the wide sleeve bands of cream silk embroidered in Peking knot stitch. Auspicious flowers such as peonies or chrysanthemums are neatly incorporated and at the center of the floral arrangement we see a little bird picking from a pomegranate.

Shape: Surcoat
Dimensions: Total width (measured with stretched out sleeves) 158 cm; maximum length 110 cm
Condition: good condition with minor staining and very few open stitches or loose threads. One shoulder shows several tears.
Provenance: German private collection

清代京繡冬季夹棉行褂
夾棉大褂，多彩絲綫，金色錦緞綫，並在邊緣処加白底裝飾帶，采用平金打籽法刺綉，四周黑地多彩綉 花卉與昆蟲；内有真絲襯裡，一個金屬和一個布料鈕扣，正面有兩條繫帶，内裏夾棉。
中國，清代

造型：裙裝
尺寸：總寬（伸展袖子）158 厘米; 總長 110 厘米
品相：良好，輕微染色，針跡局部鬆散；一個肩膀上有幾個窟窿
來源：德國私人收藏