Woman's pleated skirt

This skirt has larger pleats that swing independently of each other when a woman walks. The red silk ground has a woven design of peonies, crab apple blossoms, and white magnolias, forming the blessing, "May your noble house be blessed with wealth and honor." The flat front (and back) panel is embroidered in Peking knots with two lions playing with a brocade ball, a motif for, "May you and your descendents achieve high rank." This motif also decorates the lower half of each wide pleat.