Textile Panel (part of a flour sack) of hand-spun, hand-woven un-dyed flax with red cross-stitch embroidery in geometric bands with fruit and plant motifs; horizontal band with portion that is not embroidered.
Tapestry of green heavy-weight ribbed woven silk with a white medallion emblem and a gold Japanese character; this is a family crest, called Kamon in Japan; the white emblem is a plant crest called Ume-mon (Japanese crests of plum). The tapestry would be hung in the center so both the Japanese character and the emblem would hang in the correct position.
Tapestry of bright red-orange heavy-weight, ribbed silk with metallic gold emblem of a family crest (Kamon) on one side; the other side has Ikat-like lines of metallic gold on warm beige ground with a partial design of dragons, sun, clouds, and geometric designs in an oval band of fire-like designs; a second emblem of a wrapped pole and a pipe-like emblem with a hole in one side; gold knotted tassels at each of the four corners. This Kamon, family emblem, might be Toyotomi.
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.
Table Runner of hand-woven flax embroidered in dark red, orange and green wool with outline of fine black running stitch; block-like motifs form two vertical bands with a central rectangle of small squares with alternating wool colors; decorative geometrical floral design.
Sock (just the toe portion) of hand-knit natural white wool with bright red tip with zig-zag edge with black knit accents; vamp has a geometric design that appears to be a plant hanger in green, black, yellow, red and blue.
Sock (just the toe portion) of hand-knit natural white wool with bright red tip trimmed in floral vine in green with pink, red and blue flowers; vamp area has a larger floral vine with roses.
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.
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.
Scarf or Towel of hand-spun, hand-woven ecru cotton, silk heavily embroidered at each end in squares with eight-pointed within in salmon, tan, brown and white; open-work band at end; finished in attached fringe of black, cerise and gold silk; a zig-zag line on the inner end is trimmed in light green leaf motifs; each end also has three cypress tree motifs outlined in green; cypress motifs have a vessel underneath - sometimes the cypress motif symbolizes the tree of life.