Man's Kimono coat of navy blue silk damask with medallions with Chinese symbols within; trimmed along all the edges with a band of embroidered ecru silk with colorful embroidered motifs including floral, bat, and bird; sleeve ends have a band with silk and metallic thread embroidery with pictoral scenes. From record: The style and color indicate that this was worn by a male scholar of lower status than officials, as scholars were not as wealthy as officials.
Textile Panel of sheer, delicate leno weave silk with a pictoral design in a needle point; multi-colored silks with 3 framed designs with other designs in between; flowers, various insects (cricket, dragonfly, praying mantis, beetle, and butterfly), branches, trees, potted flowers; pale aqua edge on one side; unique design; looks like a sleeve band.
Embroidered Applique of a dragon in rust, browns, dark reds, and olive green silk in a knot stitch outlined in couched gold metallic threads; dragon is a unique configuration; embroidered on paper.
Embroidered Applique of natural dyed silks in ecru, reds, pinks, greens, and blues of a branch of flowers, fruits, and leaves with a bird perched on the branch; the branch is of couched metallic thread; the silk embroidery is mainly in a satin stitch with shading; appliqued on paper.
Textile panel of woven silk and metallic threads in K'o-ssu tapestry weave with a warrior riding on a horse with a spear and another figure with his arms raised appearing to cheer him on; mountain landscape; flower at the top; colors of medium blue, green, peach, and grey; panel is trimmed with a band of black cotton. The word Kesi translates to "cut silk" as the separate areas of color are woven into the warp with separate bobbins of thread. This hand-weaving technique requires a great deal of precision and patience. The final piece is lightweight and if done with skill has the same finish on both sides. Most of these Kesi Tapestries are of pictorial scenes, some are copies of paintings, which are first brush sketched onto the warp threads then woven. More information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%27o-ssu
Wall Hanging of K'o-ssu or Kesi tapestry of woven silk and metallic threads showing two men playing a game with rackets with a branch with flowers at the top; trimmed with a band of black cotton. From Wikipedia: "K'ossu" means "cut silk", a name that comes from the appearance of cut threads created by the use of color in the pictorial designs typical of the style (often copies of famous paintings). Unlike continuous weft brocade, in k'ossu each color area was woven from a separate bobbin, making the style both technically demanding and time-consuming.
Wallet of stiffened plain woven cotton with a blue stitched trim and a cross stitched dragon on the cover flap in silk floss of blues, yellow, red, white, and black; single pocket with flap.
Table Scarf of beige silk satin embroidered with various landscape scenes with Chinese figures, a wide variety of animals, chicken, horse, trees, flowers and architecture in natural shades of blue, green, violet, black, and lilac silk floss, and metallic threads; unique embroidery is sewn on a woven linen back; edges are trimmed in brocaded ribbon and finished with black band.
Kimono of plum colored silk satin with large Chinese characters of metallic thread couched onto kimono throughout and surrounding large medallions; medallions have a phoenix at center surrounded by plant-like motifs in knot stitch embroidery in turquoise green, pinks, and ivory outlined in couched metallic thread; neckline opening is trimmed in a band of ivory silk satin with floral vines and phoenix birds in blues, purples, and pinks and couched metallic thread; neckline band in trimmed in a pink ribbon edge; coat is lined in grey-blue cotton; neckline band is trimmed in floral blue damask.