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headband
early 20th Century
A headband in cream silk with a black border and couched metallic thread, depicting a satin stitch embroidered scene of flowers, birds, insects and butterflies, fish, figures and a shrine or temple. ...
baby's hat
early 20th Century
An ornate embroidered baby's hat made of fifteen pieces arranged in groups of three sets of five embroidered curved petals of reducing sizes to represent a flower. The red, pink and green sets of pet...
belt purse and panel
early 20th Century
An embroidered belt purse and panel connected by a cord and Chinese knot, green carved butterfly shaped bead and yellow tassel. The red silk drawstring purse has a broad loop at the top to be threade...
fold over purse
early 20th Century
This embroidered purse has a fold over frontage. It is composed of front and back panels plus the front covering section. Each of these are made with a golden yellow silk ground surrounded by a pale b...
oval purse
early 20th Century
An embroidered oval purse in blues and red on cream, with two padded fo dogs facing each other and a padded ball (chu) between them. This symmetrical central scene is also composed of flowers and a fl...
girl's hat
early 20th Century
An ornate embroidered female child's hat in black silk edged with white couching and satin stitch in a floral and fauna symmetrical design including a central butterfly (longevity) and other insects w...
oval purse front panel
early 20th Century
An oval embroidered panel stiffened by paper, made or used as the frontage of a purse. This piece is composed of a central part, made of a red damask background depicting a floral design. The embroid...
child's hat
early 20th Century
A black silk child's hat (probably for a boy) made up of three embroidered front panels and one back panel with raised points resembling a bow or ears. The lining is blue. The three embroidered tria...
layered panel
late 19th Century
This embroidered black silk panel is made of two partly overlapping tiered panels with broad black silk edges and a red brocade backing. It may have been the frontage or part of a garment or accessor...
applique pendant
early 20th-late 20th Century
A brightly coloured padded pendant in pinks, purple, turquoise, green, blue and red applique overlapped sections, each with a couched outline of metallic threads and satin stitch embroidery on a silk ...