1950s Mandarin collar Chinese satin brocade smock jacket

Description

1950s Chinese satin brocade smock-style lounging jacket with a Mandarin collar. Embroidered with foliage and scenes of China. Black frog closures at the neckline and hidden snaps up the front. Large box pleats in the front. Short sleeves with wide cuffs. Fully lined with an ecru silk fabric.

label: none, professionally made

condition: Fabric is crisp and bright, freshly dry cleaned, pressed and ready to wear. Checked for any issues like stains, holes and loose seams. On close inspection there are faint blue blotches on the right side, below the sleeve around the side seam and a small blotch on the sleeve. This will be covered by your arm for the most part and the busy fabric helps hide this issue – see the last photo. Slight bleeding through to the lining. A very slight color bleed under the right underarm, not noticeable. The silk lining is slightly discolored at the underarms and there is fraying in the same area. Outside fabric has no structural issues.

measurements [flat]
size large, check shoulder seams
bust: 45 1/2”
hip: 64 1/2”
length: 27”
shoulder seam to shoulder seam: 17”
sleeve length: 13”
arm opening (circumference around): 18”
cuff opening (circumference around): 15 1/2”