Many more photos to be added very soon folks.. Please note 5 day sale folks.. Here is what we found on the web.. The various dragon robes worn in the Qing court sent signals about the rank and distinction of the wearer. Robes featuring the five-clawed dragon, called a long, could be worn by the emperor and his sons and selected court members of high distinction. Certain princes and lower nobles could wear a robe featuring the mang, or four-clawed dragon. And even lower ranking officials could wear a robe with three-clawed dragons. The presence of additional ornamentationsuch as an embroidered border picturing the sacred Mount Kunlun, in western China, which was believed to be the center of the universe, or images of the “twelve sacred symbols” the sun, moon, stars, dragon, pheasant, mountains, sacrificial cups, waterweed, grains of millet, flames, sacrificial axe, and the fu symbol, an emblem. Associated with the power of the emperorwas also used to signify the wearer’s place in society. Beautiful Chinese hand woven blue and gold silk brocade with fully hand embroidered. Imperial Dragon Robe that is in pieces but it looks like it is all there. Huge amount of embroidered material plus various pieces of embroidery including collars and. Facings etc plus a bag of frogging closures and beautiful gold buttons. Mid 19th Century, it has the most beautiful embroidery. With various subjects, including Imperial Dragons, Cranes etc throughout. It comprises of what looks to be the whole of the robe plus (there is a huge amount of embroidered material). Plus various facings, collars, froggings and gold buttons. L have laid it all out to photograph and as there is such a lot of material we. Cannot really take measurements but if you do need any specific measurements or. Extra photographs please just get back to us…. In great vintage condition with no major issues we found the robe in the. Bottom of a trunk we were clearing. We think we have listed all the fabric we found. But if we do find any extra pieces we will of course include them. There was a finely embroidered pair of sleeve panels in the trunk featuring lots of. Forbidden or Peking stitches which we are not 100% sure came with the robe. And have listed them separately, they are well worth a look. Very early piece that we have been advised on good authority it is circa 185060. Beautiful item that has been hand woven through out on Blue pure silk. With Imperial Dragon’s’s, Crane’s and various other subjects. We have been advised this hand woven Imperial dragon robe is. A very important piece and. Is well worth restoring and can just imagine how good it would. Look framed and hung whole or in portions…. A beautiful Chinese antique hand embroidered silk brocade Imperial Dragon robe. Is not a lot more l can say really but ask you to take a. Look at the photos, we have photographed all the pieces we have and guarantee what you see is what you will get. And if we find anymore you will get that as well.. We were recently given this magnificent embroidered Chinese robe and. It came from a local estate here in Brighton. The previous owner was a costume designer and had amassed a. Huge collection of vintage items for research and inspiration. Incredible things being listed already but have just been given two more large trunks of. Incredible Antique textiles to sell. These include many older Chinese embroideries, Japanese and Indian Textiles. These will all be listed over the next few weeks so. If there is anyone who can tell us anymore about the Antique textiles we are listing. Then we would be very happy to hear from you. Part of a great collection of furs, bags and vintage pieces we will be listing over the next few days that have come to us fresh from local estates here in Brighton and Hove. There are several other early Chinese embroideries from this collection. Being listed so please take a look at the photos as we will always. Please note we have been having a lot of trouble with non paying buyers lately. We hate to have to do this but it is such a big issue now that we have to ask. If there is a problem just get back to us, we will always do our best to help. And once again we are sorry to have to take this action but it is getting a real issue now. And let’s face it folks we all have to eat. The item “(lóngpáo) Circa 185060 Antique Chinese Blue Gold Silk Imperial Dragon Robe” is in sale since Saturday, June 04, 2016. This item is in the category “Antiques\Asian/Oriental Antiques\Chinese\Textiles”. The seller is “happy-fella” and is located in East Sussex,. This item can be shipped to North, South, or Latin America, to all countries in Europe, to all countries in continental Asia, to Australia.

• Product: Textiles
• Age: 1800-1849
• Region of Origin: Chinese
• Original/Repro: Original
• Primary Material: Silk