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Embroidered Blue Damask Jacket and Pants A: Jacket of damask fabric is blue silk woven with a diamond back - ground pattern with small solid diamond in each larger diamond. Alternating flower design, top view of flower with eight petals. Four layers of petals. Collar has black border and within the border is 1.5" embroidered section with a fabric of rust brown on borders, then green wavey line with white squares with purple centers. Other edge is same except squares are green with purple centers. Center of border has purple background with repeated image of sparrow in white thread and with red beak and green tail. Inbetween and below sparrow is green "flower" with red center and white root. Same border runs along bottom of jacket. Cuffs have same border followed by a 3.25" orange silk damask wth floral motif. Embroidered on this cuff are dark and light blue peony with light blue stem and green leaves with red veins. Bat in light blue, white, dark orange. light orange, dark green and blue with white appendages, antenna of red thread and black thread. Then a red peony with lighter shades of red, pink, white with green and teal leaves with orange veins. Then another bat in different shade of blue. Then fruit in one of teal and one of dark blue with peach colored center, orange dot on top, green butterfly shaped leaf with red veins. Along the shoulders of the jacket, on the fold is a "flower basket" - symbol of Lan Cai ho, of the Eight Immortals and the patron of florists and gardeners and a symbol of old age. The basket is embroidered and its base is light and dark blue with orange lines in between blue lines. Above this are light blue lines interwoven followed by pink lines interwoven. Blue top to pedistal. The bowl of the basket has fringe of orange hearts, and the rim is a blue and pink line. There is an orange handle with blue cross - stiches. In the center of the basket are two pieces of fruit - possibly pears - of red, orange and pink with blue spots along the front. Green and teal leaves in between fruit and around it. On one side the two flowers are side by side with six petals. One is white and orange with stitched X center. The second light blue and dark blue with white stitched X center. The other side has overlapping flowers. Top one is orange and white with blue cross stitch, under flower is yellow petals with bluecross stitch. On bottom of basket is Fly wisk - Symbol of the Buddhist admonition Do not Kill, also Magic and leadership - design of waving light blue, orange and green and dark blue. Orange stem leads to rounded end of pink, blue and light blue thread with red single lines running parallel and twisting into curls. Front of jacket has center flower basket split between the jacket opening. Basket has rust orange feet and above that is blue section; Basket body is oval shape outlined in pink with gold and teal star cross stitches. Above this is blue outline of vase neck, then pink ovals in a line just below a straight blue rim. In the vase is a large red, orange and pink peony with green and teal leaves with red veins. To the left is a long rust branch with cherry blossoms, one gold and one teal. To the right are rust branches with green and teal leaves and four small four petaled flowers; one red, one yellow and two orange with teal center. The basket has a handle of rust colored thread with blue cross stitches. A ribbon is tied around top. Behind the basket and sticking out from either side is a fly wisk. To the left is blue ribbon tied in knot with orange dot. To the right five red dots lead to light and dark blue ball with red parallel lines forming a curl. Smaller peony of red, orange and pink with rust colored stem and blue and teal leaves with red veins to either side of center flower basket. Above center and to each side of collar are two smaller peonies. Side view in red, orange and pink with blue base. Rust stems and teal and green leaves with red veins. Small blue flower of one stem followed by a burnt orange one. To the outside of these flowers is side view of fruit with dark and light green leaves with red veins, curly rust stems, and a red flower off to the side. Farther away and just up from the sleeve is side view of peony or other flower. Main one is orange, red and pink, secondary one is blue with red center. Rust colored stem and teal and green leaves. Along the bottom and on either side are plum blossoms. Rust colored stem, leaves with red veins, peach and white blossoms and blue blossoms and a few yellow. In the center bottom is a chrysanthemum with rust branches, green and teal leaves, and central flower is red, orange, pink and white. To the top is a smaller blue flower with pink center. Off to the side is a yellow, orange and green flower.The back side of the jacket has some embroidery. B: Blue Damask Pants. Drawstring tied pants of same blue damask as jacket. Bottom cuff has black silk framed two inch embroidered border. Rust colored fabric has green wavy stitching followed by white and purple. From top down pattern has another green line then series of square dots with purple centers. Solid purple line has white sparrow with red beak and green tail design and green flower or butterfly with yellow "root" and red blossom. this is followed by series of green square dots with purple centers. Wavy line pattern is repeated and bottom is hemed by black cloth. Embroidered design on pant legs repeats that of the jacket. Just above knee right in center crease is embroidered cherry or plum blossom in red, pink, silver and yellow. Two have blue centers. The stem is yellow and there are green and silver - blue long slender leaves. To either side is embroidered peony in side view. Larger blossom is two shades of red and two shades of pink. The other blossom is yellow - gold. They are on gold - yellow stem with olive and blue - green leaves. In the center of the pants leg is a Flower Basket. The base feet are orange, then a circle of pink and a circle of white. The body of the basket is outlined in yellow thread in a diamond pattern. Each diamond has blue stitched diamond and a pink one stitched center. The neck of the basket is blue thread with red dots in the center. A fringe of pink "cord" makes the rimand a line of blue thread is top of rim. There is an orange handle with intermittent white lines. There is an embroidered ribbon of blue, light boue and pink on top. The flower in the basket is two shades of red, pink and white peony. It has rust colored branches, green and silver - green leaves with red veins. To the left side is a rust colored branch with silver - green leaves and two facing blossoms. One is yellow and orange with blue stitched middle, the other is slightly behind the first and is light blue and dark blue with red stitched middle. To the right of the peony is a rust branch with smaller silver - green and green leaves and four yellow cross flowers. Behind the basket and extending on either side is a Fly Wisk. To the right are five blue dots with a pink and blue end. The wisk is red thread stitched in lines which coil around. To the left side a light and dark blue ribbon with red dot center is visible. To the left and right of the flower basket are two more embroidered flowers. Cherry or peach blossoms with rust stem and silver - green leaves. The side blossoms are pink, red and blue woth some white. Two blossoms are facing; one is orange with pink stitched spokes and a dot center. Directly below the basket is a side view of red, pink and white peony with blue center. Rust colored stems, silver - green and green leaves with red veins. To either side of this is an embroidered fruit of curving lines of yellow, orange and white center with a red dot. It has curly orange stems protruding on sides, large green and silver - green leaf with red veins and a small pink, white and blue blossom to the side.

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