Changyi Robe (Lilac)

a late-Qing Manchu women's changyi: a straight-cut lilac silk with small woven flowers robe to the floor with a round neck and a curved dajin front opening running from the neck across to the wearer's right underarm and down the side, wide sleeves with broad contrasting black and gold cuffs, very wide layered decorative borders in black and gold edging the neck, opening, slits and hem, and tall ruyi-shaped side slits