Tapa Cloth of the inner bark of a Mulberry tree pounded into cloth; design using plant motifs to create a free-form geometric pattern in light brown and dark brown on natural white ground; colors are derived from natural sources such as plants and tree sap.
Small Rug of hand-spun, hand-woven wool in a blue ground with geometric design in grey, orange, warm beige and black; geometric squared pattern; vegetable dyed yarn; 3" cotton or flax fringe at ends.
Napkin of pink, grey, natural white and blue fine woven cotton; center is natural with laid-in work in blue and pink in each of the four corners; intersecting striped bands create a plaid design; fringed ends.
Sash of red crepe entirely covered in couched gold metallic threads; long gold threads follow a wave-like design with three gold circles with crescent within, on each side; back fabric of dark orange textured crepe.
Textile Panel (used for skirts) of hand-woven striped cotton in dark blue with stripes in orange, yellow, dark red and brown with fine stripes in white and green; the stripes run horizontally when made into a skirt.
Textile Sampler of white linen with two fabric insertions of red and white check and grey-blue polka-dot with larger polka-dot pattern of grey-blue diamonds on white ground; each of the four sides of the square have different drawn-work, fagoting trim; center has initials: M.P.
Textile panel (part of a sleeve) of hand-woven flax with center rectangle of embroidered bands in red with accents of black and blue in repeating geometric shapes; trimmed in a simple plant motif linear design in black; one edge of textile is trimmed in pale olive crochet and black embroidery.
Textile Panel of silk, linen damask (jacquard) in a brightly colored design in natural dyes of purple, violet, green, orange, white and rose in alternating floral patterned 3" bands on a honeycomb patterned ground; two designs of floral leaf pattern and floral fan pattern alternate; hand-spun and hand-woven.
Textile Sampler of white cotton with red embroidered alphabet, numbers and name and date with swirls around it: Charlotte Borchers, 1846; large and small variety of buttonholes at each end; hemstitch at one end.
Textile fragment of beige woven silk and cotton brocaded in red, green, brown and golden yellow vertical striped bands with alternating designs; flowers and saz leaf motif alternate with a band of "eye" motifs.