Red robe with wide sleeves, side slits, side opening and banded neck. On the front, back and sleeves are five-toed dragon, bat, paradise flycatcher, quail, Mandarin duck, egret, silver pheasant, wild goose, peacock, cloud and wave motifs in gold, white, red, blue and green on a red ground. The collar and border bands have a gold geometric pattern on a purple ground. The inside lining is yellow silk.

Black armour robe with slender sleeves, epaulets and a side opening with brass frog fasteners. Below the waist, the armour divides into one front panel and three back panels. On the front are fu dog, butterfly, cash, sun and prunus motifs in silver, green, pink, red, purple and orange on a black ground. The collar band has butterfly motifs in silver, pink, yellow, green and white. The sleeves have butterfly, peony, prunus, and swastika motifs in silver, pink, white, blue, purple and green. On the back are bat, fish, endless knot, peony, prunus and chrysanthemum motifs in silver, pink, purple, green, blue and orange on a black ground. On each of the large back panels there are five tassels in yellow, green, orange, light and dark pink. On the front are three large tassels in orange, yellow and pink. There are green glass eyes, tin reflectors, white fur and hexagonal mirrors on the front and back. The inside lining is white cotton.

Floor-length red silk robe with embroidery. The robe opens on the right front, fastened together by two frog fasteners (ornamental braiding) at the neck and two more midway on the side. The neck is rounded, surrounded by two borders; a black border with blue flowers and a linear green, blue and purple border. The borders angle down the right side opening of the robe and continue along the bottom edge. The end of each sleeve has three borders; cream with a floral pattern, black with blue flowers and multicoloured linear. The pattern on the body of the robe is bunches of green and yellow flowers with leaves and roots on a red background. Amidst the flowers are multicoloured butterflies. The pattern and borders continue on the back side. The inside lining is green silk.

Round woven coaster style mat. Design consists of two dark red birds with wings outspread around either side.

Silk band with white picture clouds on a gold couched background. The band is two half circles sewn together and edged with black. The white pictures are identical on both pieces and include a peacock, a butterfly, flowers and birds. The back of the band is lined with blue silk. There is a green silk tie at both ends.

Narrow belt of wide white band with pink and green geometric shapes, building and bird. Thin pink and green strips on either side, and a green and pink band with white squares runs along both selvedges. Fringe at one end. Strings attached at either end.

Loose fitting shirt or tunic made from densely embroidered white-on-white textile and embellished with panels of multi-coloured silk embroidery at the shoulder yoke (front and back) and wrists. The textile used to construct the shirt has been embroidered overall with matching light weight yarns in a variegated vertical stripe pattern, using a counted thread technique, before the garment was cut and sewn. The panels of embroidery on the shoulders and wrists are worked in multi-coloured silk thread, using a satin stitch, to form geometric patterns that are predominantly red, outlined with black or green. The simple round neck and front slit opening are trimmed with black cotton textile, piped with red and embellished with decorative machine stitching. There is a small ball button and loop at the neck. The sleeves are wide and straight. The garment hangs loosely from the shoulders and is A-line in shape. The hem is piped with red cotton textile; there are two side slits at the hemline.

Oval woven mat; fine lattice twined weaving. Design consists mostly of scattered purple and orange figures that include robins, whales, eagles, lizards, fish, and boats. At either short end, the birds have outstretched wings. The other three birds are in profile and are dark; dark and orange; and dark. Around the middle, there is a boat with three humans in it and a large dark fish (whale ?) on the other side.

Floor-length blue silk cape with embroidered birds and symbols. The cape opens in the front centre and has a slit midway up the back centre. The collar is a short, stand-up collar with several bands of fabric; blue-green, purple, two floral bands and one cream band. Around the collar are larger fabric borders; floral on cream background, black, green and purple on tan background, blue and green on white background. The borders edge the centre opening of the cape and continue along the bottom. The cape is decorated with egret birds, representing a Chinese civic official of the sixth rank. The egret is white with a short tail, green bill and legs. Among the birds are bright, multicoloured clouds and the eight Buddhist symbols of good fortune in couched gold thread. There are two red ties in the front centre of the cape. The inside lining is pink silk.

Brown silk, jacquard woven tunic. The tunic opens on the right front, held together by two metal buttons on the shoulder and two on the side. The tunic has slits up each side as well as the centre front and back. Around the neck is a Mandarin collar. The pattern and border are slightly raised and more opaque than the background. The pattern has large circles containing a bird and an animal under a tree with a building in the distance. The circles are arranged diagonally on a background of clouds and endless knots. The border is along the edge of the sleeves, the bottom of the tunic and the side opening. The border consists of clouds, bats, flowers, swastikas and the symbols Xi (joy) and Ji (luck). The pattern and border continue on the back side. The inside lining is blue silk.