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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shangas, post: 9877633, member: 360&quot;]The top one is the sharkskin one, and the one underneath is tortoiseshell. </p><p><br /></p><p>According to the research I&#039;ve done, these types of trousses came into fashion in the 1700s under the Emperor Qianlong, and died out in the early 1900s. From what I&#039;ve seen, nobody is making reproductions. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you do a LOT of digging, you can find photos of people wearing them, like this one from Canton in the 1860s... </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]496132[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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