Two Chinese Orange Ground Embroidered Silk Theatrical Robes and A Cape MID-20TH CENTURY each short robe worked with gilt and silver metallic threads to show a large front-facing dragon above a lishui stripe, the first worked with high relief and decorative coils forming a pagoda flanked by further dragons, the second a showing a silver stylized terrestrial diagram; the cape lined in pink, the exterior worked to the front with confronting dragons shown in profile. Length of shorter robe from collar to hem 39 in., 99 cm. Property from the Collection of Sue Hamilton, Niles, Michigan