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PantsEdz1315

White pants with indigo embroidered fruit and flower motifs. The pants have a wide waistband with two centre ties. The pant legs are pleated into the waistband and the legs flare outwards. The upper inseams have a curved cutout, finished with bias binding. Each leg has embroidered persimmon, peach, pomegranate and floral motifs above a geometric border. The inside is unlined.

Culture
Chinese
Material
cotton fibre and indigo dye
Made in
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JacketEdz1314

White jacket with dark blue embroidery. The jacket has a round neck, wide sleeves and centre opening with frog closures. On the centre front is a large roundel with lotus, leaves and sprigs. In the front corners are triangular designs with cock, floral, ribbon and fish motifs. On the centre back is a large roundel with swastika, lion, leaf and floral motifs with smaller book, lotus and bee motifs. On the shoulders are roundels with phoenix, peach and floral motifs. The sleeves are hemmed with cicada design and an inner rinceau butterfly border. The inside is unlined.

Culture
Chinese
Material
cotton fibre and indigo dye
Made in
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CoverEdz1313

Rectangular, brocade, cover of cream fabric and indigo detailing. The design consists of a central motif of two stylized lions with balls separated by a fence. Triangular corner pattern has rocks, branches and geometric designs. There are four cotton ties attached to the long, selvage edges; narrow edges are hemmed with a rinceau border with alternating pomegranate, peach and stylized motif.

Culture
Chinese
Material
cotton fibre and indigo dye
Made in
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CoverEdz1312

Plain cover with blue embroidery. End borders have birds, lotus blossom, flowers. Centre medallion shows birds, flowering branches and leaves. Overall pattern of butterflies. Patch sewn left of center. Selvedges top and bottom, and hemmed ends.

Culture
Chinese
Material
cotton fibre and indigo dye
Made in
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CoverEdz1311

Plain white cloth with blue embroidery. Pale blue bias binding at each end. Inner dark grey braid. Centre motif shows three landforms, two at opposite bottom corners with stylized crosses and flowers, and one near left bottom corner with heavy four petal design. Cat on landform at bottom right corner, bird and thistle flower at opposite. Flowering fruit tree branches fill out rest of motif, with parrot perched near center.

Culture
Chinese
Material
cotton fibre and indigo dye
Made in
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CoverEdz1310

Rectangular cover with pale blue border on each end with an inner row of braiding. The central motif consists of three triangular shaped rocks. The rock on left has a cat standing over an insect. Growing from inside the centre rock is a tree with a peony in bloom. The rock on the right has a bird on top. Growing between rocks is a branch bearing several varieties of fruit, flowers and leaves.

Culture
Chinese
Material
cotton fibre and indigo dye
Made in
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ValanceEdz1260

Plain white cloth with black embroidery. Two rows of twenty-two floral and insect motifs which include butterflies, a bird, peonies, chrysanthemums. Embroidered border with alternating flower and leaf design with geometric bands above and below. Hemmed on all three sides with zig-zag embroidery . Selvedge at top.

Culture
Chinese
Material
indigo dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ValanceEdz1259

Plain cloth with blue embroidery. Design at center is of ship with 6 persons, flying two flags, and a fish at bottom and potted flowers at top. Ship flanked by two medallions, one of rider on horse, the other of symbol and insects. Two smaller medallions beside these, one is either worn or incomplete, the other is of vine and flowers. Smaller decorative motifs near each end. At each corner along the bottom is a dragon, and at each top corner is swasztika symbol and flowers (?) Border on all three sides of phoenix and flowers. Hemmed bottom, raw sides, top selvedge.

Culture
Chinese
Material
indigo dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BlouseEj140

Light blue sheer blouse with embroidery. The blouse has long sleeves, a centre opening and a long angled front hem. The neck, sleeves and hem have satin stitched blue lilies and pink flowers with open work (fabric removed) in dark blue between the flowers. The inside is unlined.

Culture
Malay
Material
silk fibre and cotton fibre
Made in
Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileAf463

Textile composed of a length of dyed cotton divided into five large panels of design in mottled red and dark red on a solid dark red ground. The end and centre squares have a mask motif, and these are separated by two sets of two square designs side-by-side. These two motifs consist of a lizard on one side and a mask pattern similar to the larger version. The textile has two selvedges running the length of the cloth and the ends are raw.

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