Women’s Jackets – Jenny Lewis

Qing Dynasty museum quality mandarin ladies silk jacket superbly embroidered on black satin silk. Taoist symbols embroidered with gold couching are the lotus pod, the sword, and staff and gourd. The baskets and vases of flowers are also Taoist symbols worked with superb satin stitch and the finest forbidden stitch, the tiniest knots that I have ever seen on a jacket. The sky blue damask sleeve bands also worked with peonies embroidered in forbidden stitch. The lishui wave border worked in satin stitch with peonies in the waves embroidered in forbidden stitch. A further border on the hem of back satin with a smaller echoing the main part of the jacket of Taoist symbols. Fastened with three gold brass buttons.

Mandarin Silver Embroidered Black Jacket

Early Republic | For Sale

Early Republic Mandarin black gauze jacket, with highlighted silver couching. The jacket is finely worked with butterflies flying around pink and lilac large and small flowers embroidered with satin stitch. The edging hem, sleeve, and collar, and the fastening frogs, are all piped with pale pink.

Mandarin Black Silver Couched Jacket

Qing Dynasty | For Sale

Late Qing Dynasty Mandarin embroidered black satin silk jacket, finely couched with silver thread.The border of finely worked wave pattern, couched in silver stitch caught with pink and green thread. Four phoenix standing on rocks with flowers above them fill the body of the jacket. Both sleeves have the same embroidered phoenix with flowers above them worked in couched silver thread.

Silver Wedding Jacket Fully Couched

Early Republic | For Sale

Early Republic Wedding Silver Jacket fully heavily couched. The phoenix symbol for the bride's wedding day, is the main focus of the jacket. Two large phoenix on the front with six smaller supporting ones. The same phoenix symbols on the back and on the sleeves. The jacket finished with supporting small gold and pink flowers with shocking pink contrasting lining, and fastened with silver frogs.

Silver Wedding Jacket Fully Couched

Early Republic | Sold

Early Republic Wedding silver Jacket fully heavily couched. The phoenix symbol for the bride's wedding day, is the main focus of this jacket. Two large phoenix on the front with six smaller supporting ones. The same phoenix symbols on the back and on the sleeves. The jacket finished with supporting small gold and pink flowers. Pink contrasting lining and fastened with silver frogs.

Red Wedding Jacket Heavily Beaded

Early Republic | For Sale

Early Republic red wedding jacket heavily beaded. The phoenix symbol for the bride's wedding day, is the main focus of this jacket. Six phoenix adorn the jacket with four dragons hovering over them. The border, collar, and cuffs all worked with a stunning beaded tube lozenge pattern in white gold and red.

Red Wedding Jacket with Silver Couching

Early Republic | For Sale

Early Republic red wedding jacket with silver couching. The phoenix symbol for the bride's wedding day is the main focus of this jacket. Two large phoenix on the front with two dragons flying above them. The same phoenix symbols on the back and on the sleeves. The jacket finished with supporting small gold flowers. Bordered with lishui wave patterns on the hem and cuffs with red satin lining.

Red Brocade Wedding Jacket with Silver Couching

Early Republic | For Sale

Early Republic red brocade wedding jacket with silver couching. The phoenix symbol for the bride's wedding day is the main focus of this jacket. Two large phoenixes on the front with two dragons flying above them. The same phoenix symbols on the back and on the sleeves. The jacket finished with supporting small gold flowers. Bordered with lishu wave patterns on the hem and cuffs red satin lining.

Black Wedding Jacket with Silver and Gold Couching

Early Republic | Sold

Early Republic Wedding black Jacket with silver and gold couching. The phoenix symbol for the bride's wedding day is the main focus of this jacket. Two large phoenix on the front with two dragons flying above them. The same phoenix symbols on the back and on the sleeves. The jacket finished with supporting small silver flowers. Bordered with lishu wave patterns on the hem and cuffs with small flying dragons, with a black satin lining.

Long Black Satin Wedding Jacket with Gold Couching

Qing Dynasty | Sold

Late Qing Dynasty long wedding black satin silk brocade Jacket with gold couching. The border around hem sides neck and cuffs is couched with small flowers. The jacket is finished with satin gold frogs.

Black Gauze Wedding Jacket with Gold Couching

Qing Dynasty | For Sale

Late Qing Dynasty wedding black gauze Jacket. Gold couched gold tulips, on the front and back and on the bell sleeves. The front hem and sleeve borders are worked with gold couched small flowers. Fastened with small tiny black frogs.

Black Gold Couched Jacket with Red Crested Cranes in Medallions

Qing Dynasty | Stolen

Qing Dynasty black satin silk jacket, heavily couched with gold thread. This long jacket has six medallions of wheat and red crested cranes. The crane symbolising longevity, wisdom, and nobility all superbly embroidered..The Deep lishui wave, heavily couched gold border, has also padded gold wheat inserts. The jacket is finished with coral suns raising above the waves, and a large pair of coral frog tasselled fastenings.

Black Silk Jacket with Red Crested Cranes in Medallions

Qing Dynasty | Sold

Late Qing Dynasty black brocade silk Jacket, embroidered with medallions of flowers, and red crested cranes. The crane symbolising longevity, wisdom, and nobility. The lishui wave border has flowers dancing, embroidered in satin stitch, on hem and sleeves. The orange sun rising over the waves on hem and sleeves.

Midnight Blue Satin Finely Embroidered Silk Jacket

Qing Dynasty | For Sale

Qing Dynasty midnight blue satin silk jacket finely embroidered. The front and back have six medallions, filled with peonies, and butterflies, gold couched long life symbols and flowers also embellish the jacket. The pale blue silk sleeve bands embroidered with peonies in forbidden peking knot. The lishui wave border worked with ivory and blue satin stitch. An embroidered one inch trim finishes the hem sleeve and collar. Fastened with small carved brass gold buttons.

Silk Black Jacket with wide Sleeve Bands

Qing Dynasty | Sold

Qing Dynasty silk black jacket with wide pale lilac sleeve bands. The wide pale silk lilac ruyi trim, embellishing the front and back, of the jacket and sleeve bands, all finely embroidered with small phoenix and tiny flowers, and an additional smaller trim also hand embroidered filling the front and back. Fastened with brass gold buttons.

Black Silk Womens Jacket with an Egret Mandarin Square

Qing Dynasty | Sold

Qing Dynasty black silk jacket with a Mandarin square. The jacket has a richly embroidered Lishui wave border in satin stitch topped with gold couched curly waves. Ivory silk sleeve bands worked with pomegranates and lemons. The jacket field and sleeves worked with medallions of flowers. The Mandarin square rank badge on the women’s jacket shows the husband's court position which is an egret, denoting the husband is a sixth rank civil servant. The egret flies above the lishui wave border in a sky of clouds and a red sun. The jacket fastened with five gold brass carved small buttons.

Black Silk Jacket with Six Phoenix

Qing Dynasty | Sold

Qing Dynasty double thick black satin silk jacket with six phoenix women's jacket. The lishui wave border and sleeve edges, have a dancing wave pattern, worked in ivory, pale blue, and pale pink satin stitch. The embroidery is worked to a very high standard.