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Qing Style Chinese Turquoise Silk Embroidered Woman’s Robe清式松石蓝缎绣花女袍
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Let’s take a closer look at this luminous Turquoise Silk Embroidered Woman’s Robe, styled after the finery of late Qing China. With its straight, Manchu-style cut and generous sleeves, it would have floated elegantly around the wearer, more salon than throne room but still richly decorative.
Those big circular medallions bursting with flowers and birds echo the vocabulary of court costume—auspicious blossoms, domestic harmony, a garden you can wear. Yet the absence of rank badges or dragons tells us this was never high-imperial regalia, more likely an elegant informal or theatrical interpretation.
The ground is a figured silk satin, embroidered with colorful silk floss. The stitching is competent and charming, but not quite at the razor-fine level of 19th‑century palace work, and the color palette feels just a touch modern—clues that we’re in Qing revival territory, probably 1920 to 1950.
Condition is generally good: the silk shows creasing, some wear along the front opening and borders, and a bit of dulling, all consistent with several decades of life but not centuries of court use.
Putting this together, I’d give authenticity as true late‑Qing courtwear about 35 out of 100. As a 20th‑century revival robe, though, it’s an attractive collectible, likely to fetch in the region of $400–800 at auction, whereas a documented palace-period robe with similar presence could bring several thousand. A poetic costume from a nostalgic age, rather than a relic of the Forbidden City.
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Item Report
Qing Style Chinese Turquoise Silk Embroidered Woman’s Robe
清式松石蓝缎绣花女袍
By:Unknown workshop
Style:Qing revival Chinese textile / robe
Origin:China
Materials:Silk satin ground with silk floss embroidery; woven silk lining
Age:circa 1920–1950 (Qing revival period)
Condition:Good (overall intact, some creasing, edge wear visible)
Value:If authentic late Qing period: US$2,000–4,000; as 20th-century Qing revival robe (most likely): US$400–800
Maker's Marks / Writing:No maker’s mark or inscription visible.
Date:2025-12-27 23:05:52.776457
Description:
Long turquoise-blue Chinese silk robe with straight, wide sleeves and side vents, decorated with roundels of polychrome floral and bird embroidery on a woven diaper-ground. Dark blue satin borders to collar, front opening, hem and cuffs, each filled with dense floral scroll embroidery. The interior appears to be a plain woven lining. Cut and decoration follow late Qing dynasty women’s informal/semiformal robe patterns, though the stitching, color saturation, and relatively uniform wear suggest a 20th-century piece in Qing revival style rather than an 18th–19th century court garment.
这是一件中国长款女袍，整体为松石蓝色丝缎，直身阔袖，两侧开衩，袍身以多组圆形补花装饰，圆内绣有多色花卉与飞鸟，底纹为细密冰裂或米字暗纹。衣缘、前襟、下摆及袖口以深蓝缎襕包边，其上满绣缠枝花卉。内衬为素色织物。从剪裁与纹样布局来看，仿自清晚期女子便服／礼服袍样式，但针脚、色彩饱和度以及整体较为统一的磨损，更接近二十世纪仿清风格制品，而非十八至十九世纪宫廷原作。
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Assessment:
This is a Chinese embroidered silk woman’s robe in Qing court style, probably produced in the first half of the 20th century when Manchu-style garments remained fashionable and were also made for export and opera/theatre use. The motifs—floral roundels, birds, and scrolling borders—echo late Qing decorative vocabulary but lack the more complex rank-badge iconography, metallic thread richness, and finely modulated shading typical of imperial or high-court pieces. The silk retains good color but shows creasing and some edge wear, consistent with age yet not centuries-old use. A word about copies.. in the field of Chinese textiles, especially ‘Qing robes’, later reproductions and theatrical costumes vastly outnumber true palace garments, so caution is essential when assessing age and value. On balance this reads as a well-made revival textile rather than a palace-period robe, desirable to collectors of Chinese costume and décor, but not of top-tier imperial rarity. - this is Jade signing off! My red seal stamp goes CHOP!
这是一件仿清宫廷风格的中国丝绣女袍，大概率制作于二十世纪上半叶，当时满族式样的服饰仍在流行，同时也大量制作出口及供戏曲舞台使用。其花卉圆纹、花鸟与缠枝花边等纹样沿用了清末常见的装饰语汇，但缺少真正宫廷或高等级服饰常见的补子等级标志、金线的厚重运用，以及更为细腻的晕染绣法。丝料色彩仍较鲜艳，局部有折痕与衣缘磨损，符合数十年而非数百年的使用痕迹。A word about copies.. 在所谓“清代龙袍、花袍”的市场中，后期仿制品与戏服数量远远多于真正宫廷出品，因此评估年代与价值时务必要格外谨慎。综合式样、做工与保存状况，这件更接近一件制作精良的仿清袍，而非宫廷时期实物，对中国服饰与装饰艺术藏家仍具观赏与收藏意义，但并非顶级帝王重器。 - this is Jade signing off! My red seal stamp goes CHOP!
Individual Images:
whole robe front view
Provenance:
Not provided.
Condition:
Good (overall intact, some creasing, edge wear visible)
Identification Score: 92%
Form, cut, and embroidery clearly identify this as a Chinese Qing-style woman’s embroidered silk robe; only exact dating (late Qing vs Republican-era revival) is uncertain.
从版型、剪裁及刺绣纹样可以明确判断为中国清式女子丝绣长袍；主要不确定点在于具体年代，是清末实物还是民国时期仿制。
Authenticity Score: 35%
Authentic as a Chinese embroidered robe, but the likelihood that it is truly late Qing imperial/court-period is low based on embroidery quality, layout, and general condition; more likely a 20th-century revival piece.
作为中国丝绣袍服本身是真实的，但根据刺绣工艺水平、纹样布局及整体老化程度，判断其真正出自清代宫廷或高等级服饰的可能性较低，更可能为二十世纪仿清制品，因此对“清代宫廷原作”的真实性评分偏低。
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Keywords
Qing revival robe, Chinese embroidered robe, turquoise silk, floral roundels, Chinese textile, woman’s garment, China
仿清袍, 中国刺绣袍, 松石蓝丝绸, 花卉圆纹, 中国纺织品, 女子服饰, 中国
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