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.

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.

Embroidered floral appliques adhered to a sheet of yellow-white paper. There are two corner pieces with brown-gold bases, green leaves and white flowers. Some white flowers have black centres. There are two curved centre pieces with brown-gold branches, green leaves and white flowers.

Embroidered appliques adhered to a sheet of yellow-white paper. The bat is purple, pink and dark blue with wings that have a scalloped edge to one side and curl at the ends. One wing has a bluish tinge. Beneath the bat are two flowers and blue-green leaves. The smaller flower is pink with pointed flowers. The larger flower has four oval-shaped petals with holes in the centre. The petals are white-yellow on the inside and dark blue around the outside.

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.

Ecru robe with wide sleeves, side slits and centre opening. Bird, tree peony and chrysanthemum motifs on the front and back, in blue, green and silver on ecru ground. Neck band with bird, butterfly and peony motifs in blue and green on mauve ground. Sleeve and border bands with lotus motif and characters in pink, silver, blue and green on ecru ground. There are mirrors, green glass eyes, tin reflectors and white fur on the front and back. The inside lining is natural-coloured linen.

Ecru leg panels attached across the top by a wide linen band with two long ties. On the front are peony, prunus, bat, vase and fu dog motifs in silver, blue, green and pink on an ecru ground. Beneath the vase motif are yellow, green, pink, tourquoise and orange tassels. There are green glass eyes, tin reflectors, bells and white fur on the panels. The backside lining is white cotton.

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.