Textile panel of fuchsia silk brocade with vertical stripes patterned in the center with intricate plant motifs in gold metallic threads and pink, green, blue and black silk; from Damascus.
Wall Hanging of black, orange and yellow cotton; hand-woven in varying size horizontal bands with some yarns dangling throughout; white fringed yarn at ends.
Vest Bodice of peach-pink silk brocaded with a lattice ground and leafy vines and flowers in green, blue, yellow, white, pale blue and lilac; deep scoop neckline just below bust is trimmed in metallic lace; sleeveless armholes are trimmed in metallic lace in a scalloped shape; hand-sewn; fully lined, backed in blue linen; lacing closure at center-front with blue velvet, satin-back ribbon. Record says: Seville, Alberto Linares, Spanish 17th century. I can find no evidence to confirm this. --DLF 2019.
Handkerchief of a printed page on fine cotton; the page consists of three sections of poems/songs dealing with the new country...Landing of Columbus; each of the three sections has a photo image at top.
Trim from the border of a sari of yellow cotton or silk brocaded in a geometrical design in black and hot pink with a border of alternating dashes in the same colors.
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.
Textile fragment of pale aqua velvet in a pattern of flowers set in a diamond of leaves on a woven golden tan ground with metallic threads; pieced together.
