Textile panel from an Obi of beige, browns, ecru, and grey-blue silk brocade in detailed repeat pattern of plants, flowers, squares, and other designs; muted shades; intricate lines in designs.
Textile panel (probably from an obi) of ecru silk damask with a pattern of masks overlapping in S-curves through the length of the textile; some of the masks have been hand-brocaded in metallic threads and black and red silk; masks face in opposite directions from the center suggesting this is a portion of an obi.
Table Scarf of brocaded satin in grey, brown, orange, lavender, pale green and white in a scene of the Nikko Temple, a famous shrine in Japan, with trees in the background; needlework fringe trim all four sides of the small square textile.
Shawl of fine woven natural wool hand-painted with very detailed all-over patterned bands of prayer-niche architectural designs with plant and cone motifs; stylized designs at each inner corner; main colors of warm reds, mustard yellow, black, blues, and orange; tiny fringed edges; square shape.
Textile Panel (part of sleeve) of light blue taffeta brocaded with stripes of dashes of white and shaded dashes in red fading to yellow; vine with tiny roses at center; patterned stripes in green, reds, pinks.
Slipper booties of red-orange, black, white, green and purple geometrically patterned wool with accents of metallic threads; soft pointed toe of red and rust triangular stripe pattern with upper part of foot in a triangular-diamond pattern in black, white, red and bright green; part around ankle has a more intricate pattern, is more tightly woven, and includes metallic threads; design of patterned squares in diamond; zig-zag; 4 1/2" shaft.
Wall Hanging (made from half of a shawl) of fine ivory silk brocaded with black silk or cotton in a lace-like design of vines with leaves and pomegranates; edges are trimmed in 3/4" fringed braid of black silk.
Handbag (re-purposed from the sleeve trim from a woman's garment) of heavy-weight natural cotton embroidered in browns with accents of pale pastel colors of silk; vertical bands of solid embroidery with decorative motifs between; triangles with feathered edges along top; solid embroidery uses texture to create zig-zag and triangular patterns; two braided cord straps of black, green and red make a handle.
Towel of hand-spun, hand-woven linen with blue and red laid-in weaving; 7" border design at each end and five separate motifs decorate the length of the towel on each side; typical Cretan pattern and colors.