A hand-embroidered silk shawl with peacock and roses design. Hong Kong, 1958.

A$375 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Dimensions: 40 x 92 cm; embroidered lettering in yellow above and below the central peacock motif reads: To Mum and Dad from Bob / Hong Kong 1957-58 ; very good condition. Provenance: commissioned by Robert Hayes, a British soldier stationed in Hong Kong, as a souvenir for his parents; thence by descent to the previous owner.

• Binding: Hardcover

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