Two Chinese Silk Embroidered Pleated Skirts. The first is a multi color silk, all folded and sewn into tiny pleats, edges embroider with scenes of birds and flowers, two rectangle embroidered with figures, birds and butterflies; the scene is a peach ground, embroidered phoenixes, small bats and flowers, part of the skirt folded and sawn with pleats. 19th Century. {Height: 25 inches (63.5 cm) each approximately}. [Both skirts had been shorten and altered].