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<p>[QUOTE="bluumz, post: 931823, member: 649"]My two cents:</p><p>I see 20th century, possibly as early as 1920s, possibly as late as the 1950s. The cartouches appear to be common generic symbols: dragons (prosperity), roosters/cocks (reliability), and cranes (longevity). The embroidery is quite simplistic and does not appear very finely done, consisting mostly of long stitches and couched outline stitches (from what I can see given the photos provided). IMHO, quite possibly a tourist or export item, but a pretty jacket nonetheless. Asian/Chinese bed jackets and robes were quite popular in the USA in the first half of the 20th century and they often utilized frog closures.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm no expert in Chinese garments, however, hence my "possiblies". But I do deal in a lot of vintage American clothing! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bluumz, post: 931823, member: 649"]My two cents: I see 20th century, possibly as early as 1920s, possibly as late as the 1950s. The cartouches appear to be common generic symbols: dragons (prosperity), roosters/cocks (reliability), and cranes (longevity). The embroidery is quite simplistic and does not appear very finely done, consisting mostly of long stitches and couched outline stitches (from what I can see given the photos provided). IMHO, quite possibly a tourist or export item, but a pretty jacket nonetheless. Asian/Chinese bed jackets and robes were quite popular in the USA in the first half of the 20th century and they often utilized frog closures. I'm no expert in Chinese garments, however, hence my "possiblies". But I do deal in a lot of vintage American clothing! :)[/QUOTE]
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