1890 - 1900s Han Dynasty Chinese Embroidered Wedding Apron Skirt 1950s_Occasion_Dress UK size 12

UK size 12

and rarefied taste"

for her visit to the White House in 1985

Length: 108cm/42

It wraps around the waist and could be tied at the front or the back depending on preference

1890 - 1900s Han Dynasty Chinese Embroidered Wedding Apron Skirt 1950s_Occasion_Dress UK size 12This is an exquisite, unworn, antique Chinese silk damask wedding skirt (Han) from the late Qing Dynasty (1840 1911). These Chinese skirt styles or mamianqun are often called aprons and are typically comprised of two identical sections, this one having an elaborate embroidered decorated panel on pink silk, a white brocade side panel and a honeycomb pleated or gored panel. Only Han women wore these skirts, not the Manchu women of the ruling Qing