A Straits Chinese embroidered silk textile, early 20th century, rectangular with a bowed lower edge, embroidered in colours and gold thread with a symmetrical design of a large central flower flanked by a pair of phoenixes surrounded by other flowering foliage and smaller birds and animals, the border conforming, the lower edge fringed with beads and tassles, mounted and framed. Height 76 cm. Width 116 cm. (textile, overall)