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SkirtEd1.325

Dark blue skirt. The skirt is made of three panels of silk gauze woven with roundels enclosing a bat motif and character on a ground of small rectangles. The selvedge is grey with a fine burgundy line. The skirt is open at the back and the right panel overlaps the left. The skirt panels are pleated and inserted into a band of unbleached cotton. The upper edge of the band is scalloped, with the points meeting the ends of two shoulder straps of the same material. The band opens at the front and the front seam is left unstitched near the top.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre ?, rayon fibre ?, synthetic dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Seoul, Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtEd1.324

Skirt made of two panels of lightweight grey silk gauze patterned with roundels of bats surrounding a circular form of wide lines forming an even cross with arms curving around and bent inwards. The gauze fabric has an overall pattern of small rectangles. The skirt is open at the back, where the right panel overlaps that on the left. The skirt panels are pleated and inserted into a band of unbleached cotton, the upper edge of which is scalloped, with the points of the scallops meeting the ends of two shoulder straps of the same material. The band opens at the front, and the front seam is left unstitched near the top.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Seoul, Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JacketEd1.323

Upper body garment made of lightweight grey silk gauze patterned with roundels of bats surrounding a circular form of wide lines forming an even cross with arms curving around and bent inwards. The gauze fabric has an overall pattern of small rectangles. The garment is lined with loosely woven white silk. The long sleeves are inset with straight seams. The seam of the sleeves, under the arms, has a pronounced convex curve, narrowing to the wrist. The body of the garment curves downwards to the centre front. It opens at the front, and the front edges are extended with panels extending down from the mid-point of the outer facing. The front panels overlap to the left when closed. The left side has a small fabric triangle attached where the outer facing meets the front edge. The left outer facing is rounded at the lower edge, while that on the left is straight and projects beyond the front edge of the garment. On the right side a small square fabric tab is attached. There is also a narrow facing or collar of white shiny paper, which is partially detached and broken in many places.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre, dye and paper
Made in
Seoul, Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShoesEd1.217 a-b

A pair of flat-soled shoes with upturned toes that have a vertical centre front seam. The shoes are covered on the outside with red silk brocade woven in repeating swastika patterns surrounded with lines following the directions of the swastika lines. The soles are black plastic embossed in a flower pattern except under the arch where there is script-like writing as there is on the slightly raised heel. The shoes are lined with pale blue-grey fabric and have tan insoles printed in gold with roman letters and an image of a dancing woman.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre, dye, plastic, cotton fibre ?, paper ? and adhesive
Made in
Seoul, Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile2659/1

Chinese robe border in progress, rectangular loom width of fabric with warp of fine hemp? and continuous weft of hemp? (yellow areas) and silk (blue areas). Woven in fine silk tapestry weave are round neck border, above a curved border for upper edge of robe, above a series of diagonal strips, all decorated with a series of roundels woven in white, light blue, and dark blue on background. Each roundel is painted in shades of blue detailing floral motifs.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, hemp fibre, paint and paper
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bed Cover2617/2

Pink silk bedspread with dark pink silk lining and ruffled edges. Frontlet has embroidered flowers in centre and across top. Multi-coloured flower pattern consists of pinks, purples, oranges, and greens, all in various hues.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, fibre and dye
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse2615/9

Open-backed blouse with machine embroidered green bodice and pearlescent red and pink patterned breast piece. Three-quarter length sleeves are trimmed with a shiny silver ribbon and a thick band of coarser cross-hatched white and red fabric. The back has two sets of red ties at the neck and across the back. The inside of the blouse is lined with brown, beige, black and white patterned fabric.

Culture
Gujarati
Material
metal, silk fibre ?, dye and synthetic fibre
Made in
Dhamlej, Gujarat, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PanelN1.18

Brown silk cloth with 14 embroidered areas. Numbered end shows two mirror image gold embroidered dragons over waves motifs with bands of blue, green, red, and brown. Green bats, blue clouds and flaming circle around dragon. Next area of embroidery towards center of cloth shows four mirror image cocks over same wave pattern, with green bat. Same motif is repeated off-center to these. Next area of embroidery is towards the opposite end, showing two squares with gold embroidered dragon surrounded by blue clouds, flaming circle, red and green bats, flowers, shell, and fish, over a red flower and wave pattern. Above each of these squares are two small wave motifs. At other edge are two cock, wave and bat motifs mirrored. At opposite end of cloth is one cock, wave and bat motif in one corner. Along edge are two Chinese characters.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, metal and fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileEdz1510

White silk cloth embroidered with birds, butterflies, flowers, stems, leaves, insects and crab in green, blue, pink, yellow, purple and gold metallic thread. The bottom of the textile is gold metallic thread embroidered scrolled wave design in black with blue silk background. Green loop at top. Reverse is pink cotton.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre, metal and dye
Made in
Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl406/3

Shawl with a floral pattern printed in glue, green, red, and yellow with a brocaded geometric and floral design in silver. Each edge is finished with a long off-white fringe.

Culture
Spanish
Material
silk fibre, dye and metal
Made in
Spain ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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