A square piece of paper with two embroidered appliques adhered to it, depicting pink lotus flowers surrounded by green foliage.

White brimless hat, lined, with a circular crown and straight vertical rim. Elaborately embroidered with silver filaments, pearls(?) and silver sequins. Crown is patterned with four teardrop shapes made of looping metallic filaments and pearls(?). Crown bordered by a row of sequins. Rim is embroidered with a row of upright teardrop shapes, pearls and looped filler pattern and is bordered with a band of sequins.

Blue-green brimless cap with a circular crown and straight vertical rim, lined and elaborately embroidered with silver filament, pearls(?) and silver sequins. Crown is patterned with four teardrop shapes made of looping metallic filament and pearls (?), four circular patterns of scrolls and pearls (?), and is bordered by a row of sequins. The rim is embroidered with a row of upright cones, pearls (?), and looped filler pattern and is bordered with a row of sequins.

Embroidered green silk square. Circular embroidered pink and purple centre pattern resembling a fanning peacock tail with mirrors framed by multi-coloured embroidered borders. Center is framed by several embroidered square borders, mostly in yellow, white, black and dark red, with circles and mirrors. Outer borders on orange silk ground. Embroidered with untwisted silk(?). Multi-coloured tassels hang off edges, each with two cowrie shells and two red beads. Two yellow chain stitch borders and square border between are incomplete. White-yellow cotton back.

Yellow square with embroidered patterns. Centre has eight green, red and brown mirrored and dyed parrots which face each other in pairs. Nine large, stylized, brown flowers with many petals and mirror centres and multi-coloured sprays and cones. Cones are arranged singly or in fan shaped patterns. Brown floral pattern and sprays are repeated in a wide border, defined by an inner and outer narrow border and are banded with red, green and blue. Outer edge is bordered with multi-coloured triangles topped by tridents and there are mirrors between each triangle. White-yellow backing consists of two triangles stitched together; one rectangle has a narrow woven red edge the other in blue. Hanging loops are on each corner. Some embroidery stitches pass through the backing.

Silk square, with a yellow centre and purple border. Centre embroidered with sixteen red, green and white peacocks and mirror-centred flowers it is bordered by mirror-centred flowers and leaves. The pattern is edged with a row of multi-coloured undulating ovoids and chevrons, embroidered with untwisted silk(?); backed with white-yellow cotton and bound with red cotton. Hanging loops present on the two lower corners.

Diagonal plaited basket with a square base and a circular mouth. The walls are decorated with a 11.5 cm wide band of overlay black diagonal stripes. Rim is reinforced with a bundle and secured by wrapping, giving a braided appearance. A machine woven handle, now broken, of dark brown silk is attached to the outside of the basket with unidentified type of black thread.

Hat (a) made of two layers of finely woven black horsehair with a slightly tapering cylindrical crown, and a broad circular brim. Woven on circles of thin strips of split bamboo at the top of the crown, the base of crown, and the outer brim. Chin straps are of black silk lace ribbon. The separate hat lining (b) is made of more coarsely woven black horsehair that has a seam at the top and has a cord across the centre back to gather and fit to the head.

Short upper garment of fine white cotton, padded, lined with white ramie. It has long sleeves at right angles to body of garment. Each sleeve has a band of shiny blue fabric at the writst, and has a curved lower edge. Sleeves are joined to body of garment with a concealed seam. Front edges of garment are angled outwards towards the bottom, and each side has an added panel near the edge. There is a facing with rounded lower edge extending about half-way down the garment, and an additional narrow neck facing of pasted silk basted in place with stitches invisible on the face of the garment. Front closing overlaps to the wearer’s right, and has a single frog closing. Ramie lining.

Rectangle silk textile with repeating horizontal rows of woven, metallic patterned ovals, each with two heart-shaped leaves; one leaf has diaper pattern, one has short broken lines, background of narrow vertical lines. Alternate rows of ovals face in opposite directions. Top and bottom are unfinished, sides are selvage.