A dress made of chewing-gum wrappers, Tunisian headcloths and a "Far Eastern version of the Barbie doll" are among the objects in "Recent Acquisitions," an exhibition to be held from Jan. 21 to Feb. 21 at the Design Gallery at the University of California, Davis. An opening reception will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2. The show will feature items recently donated to the Design Collection and not previously displayed to the public. Included are textiles, costumes, architectural renderings and photographs, fashion illustrations and toys. The textiles in the exhibition represent a range of techniques and expressions from around the world, including a raffia mat from Zaire, an indigo dyed ikat from Ecuador, headcloths with tassels and tie-dye from Tunisia, embroidered silk collars from China, late 19th- and early 20th-century American patchwork quilts, a Flemish tambour embroidered hanging, a jacquard-woven paisley from Scotland and a Kashmir shawl from India. Among the costumes in the show are several beaded dresses from the 1920s and bias-cut gowns of the 1930s. The gum-wrapper dress, dating from the 1930s, "is a unique example of early recycling and is a real conservation challenge," said Jo Ann C. Stabb, curator of the Design Collection. The dress consists of paper wrappers glued to a cheesecloth base. Preserving the dress becomes more difficult as the materials age, Stabb said. The costume was used in a vaudeville show that traveled through the western United States and subsequently was purchased by the campus' Shields Library Special Collections. Architectural drawings will include the work of Gustav Albert Lansburgh, a noted architect in the San Francisco Bay Area early in the 20th century. Some of the renderings are from his time as a student at l'Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, from 1901-06. Other architectural work in the show are photographs of the Golden Gate International Exposition of 1939-40 from the Gabriel Moulin Studios of San Francisco. The small selection of international toys in the show will include a 6-inch-high Japanese geisha doll dressed in a traditional kimono and obi with five different wigs of various styles. Stabb selected the materials for the exhibition with the help of Gayle BonDurant, design collections assistant, and Dolph Gotelli, director of the Design Gallery. Stabb said that most of the gifts received by the Design Collection come from local individuals who know of the teaching and research programs in UC Davis' Department of Environmental Design, and are interested in sharing their family heritage with the department's students. "Each piece comes with a story to tell," Stabb said. The Design Gallery is located in Room 145 of Walker Hall, on Peter J. Shields Avenue. It is open from noon to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 2 to 5 p.m. Sundays. For more information, call (916) 752-6223.