Two piece wedding dress, consisting of a jacket style top (part a) and skirt (part b). Open front jacket with a stiff high-necked collar, made entirely of black silk. There are small slits on the sides and one up the back. Jacket has three frog closures. On either side of the bottom closures there are decorated ties. The jacket is embroidered with gold metallic thread. On the front and back of the jacket there are blooming flowers and vines. Along the top edge of the collar, sleeve cuffs, bottom hem, edges of the slits and jacket opening there are two tiers of scallops and then wave-like designs. The interior of the jacket has a pink silk lining. Small purple tag on interior of collar with Chinese characters embroidered in gold thread. The skirt is four-paneled, full length and made entirely of red silk. Skirt is closed at the back, towards the right side, with four metal button clasps and a cotton tie that spans the waist. Hanging from the bottom hem are strands of twisted white gold metal. The front and back panels of the skirt are straight and the panels on the left and right are pleated. Like the jacket, the skirt is embroidered with gold metallic thread. The bottom hem has a two-tiered scallop border. Above the tiers on the front and back panels there are wave-like designs and then large flowers and vines. Running along the pleats on the left and right panels there are smaller flowers and vines. The panel edges are all bordered with two-tiers of scallops.

Women’s dark blue jacket with small side slits and side opening with three pink frog closures. Top closure has an embossed metal button with a blue painted centre. Part of jacket covered by side opening has a small rectangular pocket. Pink frog closure at collar and another to the left of the neck opening. Dark blue portions of jacket have various plants and Chinese characters embroidered in a lighter blue thread. Sleeves are edged with three black bands that are bordered with thin white, light green and pink stripes. Next to the bands, pink and blue flowers are embroidered on a black strip of fabric. Bordering the black strips are light blue bands with white flowers embroidered on them. Around the neck opening the same pattern of bands span the entire collar. The bands are wider at the front, reaching towards the chest, and thinner on the back, reaching just below the neck. To the right of the side opening, on the chest, a pink spiral-like creature is embroidered. The plain black chest bands end to the right of it, while the bands with flower embroidery continue underneath it. The bottom of the jacket has a plain black band border. The band has a thin pink stripe at the bottom and white and light green stripes at the top. Above that band there is a thin black line. In the corners of the jacket, where the sides meet the bottom hem, the thin black line is woven into three linked loops. The interior of the jacket has a light blue cotton lining.

Hand puppet of character named Madelon. Head and hands are carved from wood and painted. She has black eyes and eyebrows, red lips, nostrils and inner corners of the eyes, and rosy cheeks. Her head is wrapped in a red fabric, with black hair at the front. Her fabric body is beige with an orange collar. The fabric is nailed to the hands and head. Operated by inserting a hand inside the body of the puppet to control its head and movements.

Hand puppet, character from Guignol story (old woman?). Head and hands are carved from wood and painted. She has black eyes and white eyebrows, red lips, nostrils and inner corners of the eyes, and rosy cheeks. She wears a light green head scarf with white hair extending from the front. Her fabric body is shiny pinkish-brown with a gold and brown embroidered collar. The fabric is nailed to the hands and head. Operated by inserting a hand inside the body of the puppet to control its head and movements.

Hand puppet of character named Gendarme. Head and hands are carved from wood and painted. He has black eyes and facial hair, red lips, nostrils and inner corners of the eyes, and rosy cheeks. He wears a bicorne(?) of black and navy felt, open at the top, revealing flat painted wood. His fabric body is black with a brown and gold embroidered collar. The fabric is nailed to the hands and head. Operated by inserting a hand inside the body of the puppet to control its head and movements.

Hand puppet of the Le Diable (devil) character from the Guignol story. Head and hands are carved from wood and painted. He has a red face with black eyes, goatee, and black heavily-lined facial features. He wears a red head scarf with a triangular strip of leather extending back over it from his forehead, and his fabric body is red with a yellow and brown zigzag embroidered collar. The fabric is nailed to the hands and head. Operated by inserting a hand inside the body of the puppet to control its head and movements.

Hand puppet of character named Guignol. Head and hands are carved from wood and painted. He has black eyes and eyebrows, red lips, nostrils and inner corners of the eyes, and rosy cheeks. On his head he wears a simple navy felt hat with tail, open at the top, revealing flat painted wood. His fabric body is red with beige underneath and a gold-yellow collar. The fabric is nailed to the hands and head. Operated by inserting a hand inside the body of the puppet to control its head and movements.

Hand puppet, character from Guignol story. Head and hands are carved from wood and painted. He has black eyes and eyebrows, red lips, nostrils and inner corners of the eyes, and rosy cheeks. On his head he wears a green felt hat with tail, open at the top, revealing flat painted wood. Medium brown hair (fur) wraps around the head under the brim of the hat. His fabric body is purple with a gold, red and purple embroidered collar. The fabric is nailed to the hands and head. Operated by inserting a hand inside the body of the puppet to control its head and movements.

Hand puppet, character from Guignol story. Head and hands are carved from wood and painted. He has black eyes, red lips, nostrils and inner corners of the eyes, and rosy cheeks. He wears a bright green felt hat with a yellow and brown embroidered band, open at the top, revealing flat painted wood. A strip of white hair wraps around the back of his head. His fabric body is gold-yellow with a gold, red and purple embroidered collar. The fabric is nailed to the hands and head. Operated by inserting a hand inside the body of the puppet to control its head and movements.

Hand puppet of character named Gnafron. Head and hands are carved from wood and painted. He has black eyes and eyebrows, a red nose and face, red lips and exposed teeth. He wears a grey and green brim felt hat, open at the top, revealing flat painted wood, and tufts of black hair on the sides and back. His fabric body is bright purple with a dark purple with gold embroidered collar. The fabric is nailed to the hands and head. Operated by inserting a hand inside the body of the puppet to control its head and movements.