Han-style Pleated Apron Skirt, Baizhequn, China, early 20th century, the front and back panels embroidered with cranes surrounded by peonies, with waves below, the motifs repeated in the pleats, trimmed with contrasting floral ribbon on a red silk ground, lg. 37 in. Provenance: Purchased by Estelle Blanche Apple, a member of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society in Hinghwa in the 1920s, and descended in the family.
Han-style Pleated Apron Skirt, Baizhequn, China, early 20th century, the front and back panels embroidered with cranes surrounded by peonies, with waves below, the motifs repeated in the pleats, trimmed with contrasting floral ribbon on a red silk ground, lg. 37 in. Provenance: Purchased by Estelle Blanche Apple, a member of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society in Hinghwa in the 1920s, and descended in the family.
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