PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTION THREE EMBROIDERED SILK TEXTILESRepublic period prising a child's robe of red silk brocade woven with flower sprays, trimmed with white silk bands embroidered with pleasant floral designs; a black silk apron built with panels decorated with embroidered figures, flowers, and butterflies, trimmed with white silk bands embroidered with cranes and flowers; and a pale yellow-ground vertical panel worked in colorful satin stitches with a large flower-and-rock medallion surrounded by additional leafy flower branches. Child's robe: 21 1/2 x 34 3/4in (54.5 x 87cm) ; Skirt: 37 1/2in (95.3cm) long ; Silk panel: 54 x 16in (137 x 40.7cm) (3). Provenance: Acquired in Shanghai between 1934 and 1937, thence by descent