4 @ ANTIQUE CHINESE SILK EMBROIDERY AND TEXTILE PANELS 18th – 20th C: 1. Long silk altar cloth, satin stitch embroidery depicting children playing in a garden on a deep blue silk background, 15” x 54”. 2. 2 @ Silk textiles depicting figures on a boat in a landscape with a border of fretwork and lotus blossoms, 21” x 15.5” and 10” x 17”. 3. Silk textile of lotus blossoms, 10” x 17”.
PROVENANCE: From the mass international collection of the living estate of a former Executive for Levi Strauss International, who traveled the world for the firm buying and shipping denim before retirement and as a Broker of Real Estate in San Francisco, Maine and Florida. He received a B.A. from the University of Omaha, and remains a lead Donor of their Alumni Association today; he earned his Master’s Degree at Ohio State where he served on the Dean’s Staff. He was a Vice-President, 3-term President and still Serves on the Board of Directors for the Lee Memorial Auxiliary. He is a Director on the Board for the Fort Myers Community Concert Association and Sponsor of Southwest Florida Symphony. He is also the Benefactor of Healthcare Educational and Endowment Grants - with a specific generosity for patients of HIV/AIDS, healthcare workers, & of volunteers for the sick and under-privileged.

1. Overall wear, background faded border silk fraying. 2. Some fading and small holes in the background, some loose stitches in the embroidery. 3. Larger with staining to the front of the panel.