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Skirt873/6

A woman's pleated full wrap-around red skirt. Gathered onto a waistband. Skirt has three horizontal rows of hand embroidered multi-coloured floral motifs consisting of white flowers that have purple centres with green, purple, and yellow leaves. Waist band trimmed with embroidered ribbon having a main design consisting of yellow and blue flowers with mint green leaves, braid, glass beads, and metal sequins. Black and gold-coloured braid attached at each end of the waist band. Lined and stiffened with starched cotton gauze.

Culture
Moravian ? or Czech ?
Material
cotton fibre, glass, metal, starch and dye
Made in
Kyjov, Moravia, Czech Republic
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SlipCh287

A woman's white half-slip. Gathered at the waist by an elastic in casing. Wide band of white eyelet lacing is attached with widely spaced pleats. Lacing design from top to bottom is consisting of the following horizontal rows: holes in the formation of a zig zag, upward pointing tulip-like flowers in profile, twelve-petalled flowers within vertically elongated octagons, downward pointing tulip-like flowers in profile, and holes in the formation of a zig zag. Scalloped hemline. Tuck at hipline for lengthening.

Culture
Polish
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Lowicz, Poland
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Table Mat1712/36

A machine made rectangular cloth piece. Central panel has a main design consisting of a white-on-white design within the weave of the cloth of a central rose, surrounded by two thin oval bands. A design of roses and other flowers (with blue bells ?) fills the space between the second oval band and a rectangular band to which a bouquet of flowers is tied with a bow at each corner of the rectangular band. This is surrounded by a row of square dots. Bordered by a row of holes.

Culture
Northwest Europe ?
Material
cotton fibre ? or flax fibre ?
Made in
Europe
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Lace Doily1712/28

A hand made circular lace doily. The main concentric abstract design is consisting of a central six-petalled flower design, surrounded by a narrow band, surrounded by an airy design like elongated flowers, surrounded by a solid band, and links two-by-two each of the six outer scallops that form the outer perimeter edge. A six-petalled flower in each five-petalled scallop.

Culture
Northwest Europe ?
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Europe
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Lace Doily1712/30

A hand made circular lace doily. The main concentric abstract design is consisting of a central six-petalled flower design, surrounded by a narrow band, surrounded by an airy design like elongated flowers, surrounded by a solid band, and links two-by-two each of the six outer scallops that form the outer perimeter edge. A six-petalled flower in each five-petalled scallop.

Culture
Northwest Europe ?
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Europe
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Lace Doily1712/29

A hand made circular lace doily. The main concentric abstract design is consisting of a central six-petalled flower design, surrounded by a narrow band, surrounded by an airy design like elongated flowers, surrounded by a solid band, and links two-by-two each of the six outer scallops that form the outer perimeter edge. A six-petalled flower in each five-petalled scallop.

Culture
Northwest Europe ?
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Europe
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera BootN1.758

Black silk boot. Leather sole with a flat heel; plain black upper with self cording. White band at junction of sole and upper. Cotton lining and insole.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre, leather skin, dye, paint, paper ? and paste adhesive
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat1506/3

Hat made of light orange cotton fabric with a small circle of fabric at the top. The fabric has been quilted with small stitches across the top of the crown to the shoulder where it has been embroidered with a geometric pattern in greenish-brown thread around the sides. The sides of the hat flare outwards slightly.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre ? and dye
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat1556/2

Hat with domed shape and black base with a band of white ribbon at the edge that has green and red embroidery under a row of domed and bossed metal ornaments above which is another row of embossed metal ornaments that are slightly triangular in shape. The crown is covered with dark blue fabric embroidered with floral and butterfly(?) motifs in light pink, dark pink, dark red, yellow, red and green and embellished with appliqué metallic and off-white undulating ribbon as well as red, green and white ribbon with pompom-like protrusions. The edge of the top layer is scalloped and there is a multicoloured yarn fringe where the top layer meets the base at the sides of the hat.

Culture
Mien
Material
cotton fibre, metal, fibre and dye
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileIa1 a-b

Two rectangular woven textiles: Blue, red and white woven textile (part a) with horizontal bands of colour and patterning; fringe at two ends; central blue and white section is a separate panel sewn into the middle. Part b is a dark blue with horizontal, alternating red and white stripes; centre seam sewn together with alternating red and black yarn in a zigzagging pattern; bottom edge sewn with alternating red and black yarn..

Culture
Philippines
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Asia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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