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.

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 w: characters with one red seal near the middle and a pair of red seals just off the edges at each side, on a dark green 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 v: three equally spaced, equally-sized, vertical white rectangles with characters; with one, four, and two red seals respectively.

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 u: characters with two square red seals at one bottom corner and one red oval seal at the opposite upper corner, on a 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 t: characters with two square red seals at one bottom corner, and one square red seal at the opposite upper corner, on a 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 s: characters with one red seal at a bottom corner on a white background, and characters with two small red seals around the respective upper corner border.