SHORT COAT

Short jacket (theater?) made up of ivory diamond shaped pieces of satin and brocade, each embroidered with a flower spray or symbol. The colors include blue, green, crimson, rust, pale violet, yellow, pink, white, mauve, peach and mustard color. Embroidery chiefly in satin stitch; some knot and outline stitch. Wide sleeves finished with a band of white satin embroidered with bats, butterflies, flowers, in pastel satin stitch and couched gold. Shaped collar band of colored segments of satin and brocade embroidered with a design of flowers and good luck symbols in colors in satin stitch. Coat slit at sides, open in front, and lined with thin blue silk of swastika pattern.