A group of Chinese silk skein threads for embroidery, Qing dynasty, the silk threads in paper folders with Chinese calligraphy identifying the silk colours, together with gold threads; two glass phials for rose oil in silk holders and the bottles with paper labels with Chinese calligraphy; a Chinese wood-block book illustrating twenty-three stages of silk production, after a Kangxi original, this edition reprinted in the fifth year of Guangxu (1880); a modern border weave length with shou symbols and eight glass purse ribbon decoration beads清 绣品一组

some wear to silk and paper folders containing silk with foxing, holes and tears The glass phials with wear to paper labels the silk production box with some fading and staining to covers and tears and worm holes to some pages