Kimono of black wool crepe brocade with a repeat pattern of floral, plant, and butterfly motifs in red, taupe, and blue, with yellow and pale grey accents and gold metallic threads; square neckline; rectangular sleeves; double-breasted closure with self-fabric covered buttons with concealed snap closures; upper half is lined in peach silk with patches of colorful floral, plant, and Shibori prints; below-knee length. Record says this woman's kimono was worn by royalty.
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.
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.
Wedding Kimono of tan silk with couched gold metallic embroidery and silk embroidery in various colors; lined in deep orange silk; padded at hem in floor length.
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.
Sash of textured dark orange crepe with couched gold metallic thread embroidery in a design of pine tree and flowers; two like designs at each end with a ground of sprinkled tiny stitches of gold creating a snow scene; backed on red woven cotton.
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.
Detachable Cuffs (pair) of fine white cotton trimmed with eyelet scalloped embroidery with a leaf motif; widening cuff is gathered by stitching into a wristband with similar eyelet embroidery and open-work lace.
Textile Sampler of linen with fine silk embroidery in figured bands, and fine pulled work; geometric motifs in bright crimson, green, peach, and yellow; cross stitch work; sampler from a Spanish man's convent.
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).
Apron of brown woven wool with all-over embroidery of patterned squares and geometric bands in red, off-white and blue; 3 1/2" top portion is plain brown; seam down center is concealed by embroidery; hand-stitched corners at top.
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.
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.
Towel of fine woven linen or cotton with intricate embroidery at each end of six oval medallions of floral design with ribbons with bow at bottom; colors of light pink, blue and green silk and metallic gold threads; small floral band at bottom trim.
Textile fragment of ribbed and check textured warm reddish-tan silk brocaded in colorful silks and metallic threads in designs of baskets of flowers, leaves, floral and berry motif; colors are reds, green, white, chartreuse, blue and dark brown; probably used for a man's coat.
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.