£3,024
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 733
Auction: 16 May 2023 at 11:00 BST
清 櫻桃紅地刺繡人物花蝶紋百褶裙 及 深紫地葫蘆蒲扇人物紋外套(共兩件)
the pleated ruby-pink-coloured silk skirt edged in black with a central panel embroidered with a scene of ladies in a garden; and the deep-purple silk damask overcoat woven with scattered double-gourd and fan motifs, with black silk borders and collar embroidered in vibrant colours with small female figures in landscape with gold-thread couching ground, with five metal buttons marked 'Doughty & Co. Treble Gilt London'
Provenance: Private collection, Janet McCorkindale Cochrane Scott (1909 - 2005), thence by descent.
Janet McCorkindale Cochrane Scott was a keen embroiderer and was Chairman of the Glasgow Embroiderers’ Guild. She was given the collection of what appeared to be ornate Chinese embroidery and clothing items by a fellow member of the Guild. She gave the collection to her daughter-in-law, who is also a keen embroiderer, in the late 1990’s.