Red silk apron skirt with a dark blue border that is heavily embroidered with flowers in various shades of blue. The front and back decorated panels are embroidered in the lower portion of the skirt with multi-coloured designs edged by a thin off-white floral and butterfly ribbon. There are also small multi-coloured flowers embroidered on the red silk within each area delineated by blue ribbon. The skirt is pleated and flares out toward the hemline. It has a wide blue waistband, with thin red ribbons attached for tying. Interior lined with a light green silk.

Gold-coloured silk ma mian qun (馬面裙/马面裙) or apron skirt with a thin black border, and heavily embroidered with multi-coloured flowers. The front and back decorated panels are embroidered in the lower portion of the skirt with multi-coloured designs edged by a thin blue with black ribbon. The skirt is pleated and flares out toward the hemline. Interior lined with a light blue silk. The wide beige waistband has a loop on each side (one of which gets covered when wrapped).

Robe of dark blue silk with two knot and loop closures at the neck, and two ties at the chest. A small light blue border is layered over a larger beige silk border along bottom hem that extends along front opening, and around the neck. The beige border has scroll-work designs at hips, chest and neck. The interior of the sleeves lined with embroidered beige silk, that is exposed when cuff is folded back. Robe is embroidered in various shades of blue with detailing in gold-coloured metal thread and accents in red, pink, light green and orange silk thread. The embroidered designs include flowers, koi fish, butterflies and phoenix.

Gold-coloured silk robe that fastens at the front with three spaced black knot and loop closures. The sleeves have a beige cuff with embroidery at the top. The robe is edged with a dark blue border embroidered with flowers in blue and white, and scrollwork in metal thread. The entire robe is embroidered with multi-coloured flowers and containers.

Iridescent purple damask skirt with pleats and embroidery. Across the top is a wide pink cotton waistband with two loops. The purple damask is woven containing a cloud motif and the Eight Immortal symbols. On the edges of the skirt is a black border with a second border of floral motif on cream ground. On the pleats is a black border, some with an added floral trim. On the front and back panels are appliqué phoenix, bat, peony, vase, coin, fan and sword motifs in pink, red, gold, green and blue. The inside is lined with blue silk.

Heavily pleated skirt. The waist is a heavy beige material. The skirt is beige at top, using two different weights of fabric, and then dyed indigo with beige patterns within below. There are two thin ribbons of solid red and small ribbons of white with mutlicoloured diamonds within. The next section is a blue, loose weave with yellow, white and red cross-stitch as well as ribbons of red and white stripes horizontal. The hem of the skirt is a wide band of solid beige. There is a single metal zipper and hook clasp at waist.

Two piece wedding dress, consisting of a jacket style top (part a) and skirt (part b). Open front jacket with a stiff high-necked collar, made entirely of black silk. There are small slits on the sides and one up the back. Jacket has three frog closures. On either side of the bottom closures there are decorated ties. The jacket is embroidered with gold metallic thread. On the front and back of the jacket there are blooming flowers and vines. Along the top edge of the collar, sleeve cuffs, bottom hem, edges of the slits and jacket opening there are two tiers of scallops and then wave-like designs. The interior of the jacket has a pink silk lining. Small purple tag on interior of collar with Chinese characters embroidered in gold thread. The skirt is four-paneled, full length and made entirely of red silk. Skirt is closed at the back, towards the right side, with four metal button clasps and a cotton tie that spans the waist. Hanging from the bottom hem are strands of twisted white gold metal. The front and back panels of the skirt are straight and the panels on the left and right are pleated. Like the jacket, the skirt is embroidered with gold metallic thread. The bottom hem has a two-tiered scallop border. Above the tiers on the front and back panels there are wave-like designs and then large flowers and vines. Running along the pleats on the left and right panels there are smaller flowers and vines. The panel edges are all bordered with two-tiers of scallops.

Women’s dark blue jacket with small side slits and side opening with three pink frog closures. Top closure has an embossed metal button with a blue painted centre. Part of jacket covered by side opening has a small rectangular pocket. Pink frog closure at collar and another to the left of the neck opening. Dark blue portions of jacket have various plants and Chinese characters embroidered in a lighter blue thread. Sleeves are edged with three black bands that are bordered with thin white, light green and pink stripes. Next to the bands, pink and blue flowers are embroidered on a black strip of fabric. Bordering the black strips are light blue bands with white flowers embroidered on them. Around the neck opening the same pattern of bands span the entire collar. The bands are wider at the front, reaching towards the chest, and thinner on the back, reaching just below the neck. To the right of the side opening, on the chest, a pink spiral-like creature is embroidered. The plain black chest bands end to the right of it, while the bands with flower embroidery continue underneath it. The bottom of the jacket has a plain black band border. The band has a thin pink stripe at the bottom and white and light green stripes at the top. Above that band there is a thin black line. In the corners of the jacket, where the sides meet the bottom hem, the thin black line is woven into three linked loops. The interior of the jacket has a light blue cotton lining.

Part of a set of twenty-three pieces (parts a-w) of calligraphy samples, in different styles by various calligraphers. The prints consist of black Chinese characters printed on different types of paper. Part c: characters with two red seals on one side, on a rectangular white background.

Part of a set of twenty-three pieces (parts a-w) of calligraphy samples, in different styles by various calligraphers. The prints consist of black Chinese characters printed on different types of paper. Part b: characters with two red seals on each side, on a moss green background.