A Navy Blue Ground Embroidered Silk Court Robe, Chaofu19TH CENTURY清中期 藍緞地綉龍紋朝服worked with couched gilt metallic threads and satin-stitched polychrome floss outlining writhing dragons amidst vaporous puffs of clouds interspersed with bats, all above a terrestrial diagram and lishui stripe, the schema scaled down to a similar pattern at the waist band, cuffs, and beneath repeated dragon roundels at the pleated skirt at the hem.Length from collar to hem 52 1/2 in., 133.4 cm.