Textile Panel of brown silk with painted designs of various textile fragments in browns, blues, and red, greens; floral designs, ornate oval animals, Middle Age textile designs; looks like metal stamp technique.
Cushion Cover of six strips of colored cotton and linen stitched together and backed on medium blue linen; each panel is heavily worked with intricate embroidery in spiny lines that create a diamond pattern; each diamond has a tiny floral wheel within and tiny dots; panels in black, red, yellow, blue, pink and brown, each with multi-colored embroidery; Cushions were placed on the floor and used for sitting or reclining.
Pillow case of tan home-grown, wild silk with chain stitch embroidery in light blue, golden yellow, taupe and ecru silk; three rows of three floral sprigs trimmed in a vine of golden beige silk with a single leaf at each corner; bridal pillow case.
Sleeve (from a woman's garment) of hand-spun and hand-woven ivory silk and cotton crepe; fabric is twisted to add crepe-ness; end is trimmed in very fine needlepoint lace in a pale pink zig-zag with off-shoot fan accents edged in pale blue.
a) Textile Panel of tan cotton with block print pattern of trees with flowers and roots in shades of deep turquoise, browns, and earth red; design looks painted with watercolor shading; a channel has been machine sewn at top for hanging. b) smaller fragment of same textile (2006:9:1).
Textile fragment of ecru and taupe cotton/silk damask brocade in a lively floral design in deep orange and greenish-grey silk; design of stylized flowers and curving leaves with some of the fill of designs having texture; from a man's coat.
Textile of red, orange, lavender, pale chartreuse and black hand-spun, woven goat hair solid embroidery on heavy woven cotton or linen; design of stripes alternating with figured, geometric bands.
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.
Textile Panel of red, light red and black hand-spun and hand-woven goat hair; textile of solid embroidery on natural cotton in geometric blocks with cross within; rows of blocks are separated by figured bands; very detailed embroidery.
Textile panel from a blouse of woven natural cotton with solid embroidery in red with accents of black in geometric designs and star motifs in bands; design is in a prayer-niche shape.