Pouch Bag of a circular shape of mustard yellow (turmeric) tatted lace with small floral medallion attached at center front; opening at top; for holding a pocket watch; no closures or straps; type of embroidery done by Anatolian women called, Oya.
Convent sampler of a variety of open-work lace stitches with a blue silk back that shows through; eight blocks show different patterned open-work and Ajour lace.
Woman's coat of couched gold metallic threads with embroidered female figures, foliage, fruit, and flowers; Chinese female figure on front is standing on the head of a dragon emerging out of mountains; woman appears to be holding a scroll; side wrap closure with tie at side of violet silk and single hook and eye at yoke (hook missing); floral embroidered, red silk panel at same side as opening; banded around the neckline with dark blue silk with a geometrical pattern and spade-like pattern in red, gold, and aqua; bound edges; open at lower sides; fully lined in ecru cotton with brown star flower and dot pattern.
Woman's best dress of heavy black linen embroidered in red silk with accents of yellow, pink, grey, blue, orange, purple and lavender; round neckline with center slit; square chest panel, heavily embroidered; vertical bands of embroidery extend upwards from the lower edge with a deep border across back edge; long, triangular bell sleeves embellished with narrow bands; embroidery of floral and geometric patterns.
Wedding Kimono of ecru silk satin with embroidered floral branches winding up the kimono from the hemline; branches are of dark brown satin stitch with ivory, metallic gold, and dark orange flowers with long green leaves; metallic gold flowers and characters are couched; kimono is lined in pale blue silk embroidered with couched metallic gold branches with green silk leaves and yellow silk flowers in satin stitch; padded hemline; full-length; curved sleeves.
Wall hanging woven brocaded silk in the "Hundred Babies" design to symbolize fertility; rows of figures with trees, cranes, and horned deer in various color schemes are bordered at the top and bottom with designs of dragons and phoenix in a yin-yang form implying "greatest happiness" and other emblems; silk ground of grayish green silk satin; backed on yellow silk.
Wall hanging of royal blue silk satin with couched metallic threads anchored with red silk in design of large 5-clawed imperial dragon with an all-over pattern combined with emblems; Shou; bat; flowers; border of 1 1/4" width of white satin embroidered with colorful silks in floral design with swastikas and gold couched threads; backed on white cotton.
Wall hanging of buff colored cotton hand-blocked in shades of red, purple, green, mustard and light blue; a bold, lily design of branches with exotic birds, fruit and flowers; a modified "tree of life" or "garden of paradise" design; border design with decorative scalloped edge. East India.
Wall Hanging of hand-woven linen, wool or hemp in a diamond pattern in red and tan; sides are trimmed in tan with blue diagonal stripes; self-fringe at top and bottom.