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.
Textile panel of red cotton with print of abstract figures (paper dolls) holding hands in small number groups in a linear pattern; the figures are in white, blues, and yellow and are dressed in traditional German male and female garments; some human silhouettes are all white.
Textile panel of fine woven ivory cotton with a painterly illustration print in fine black lines and heavier marker-like design in golden tan; black design is drawn over the golden tan design; design features abstract drawing of flowers, leaves, squares, and other shapes; looks like the design is drawn.
Textile Panel of natural cotton with print of bundled flowers in dark pink and maroon on a varied polka-dot ground; borders at top and bottom of deep yellow and maroon floral leaf pattern with fern leaves and stippling shading.
Textile Sample of white woven, smooth surface fabric with print in olive greens and black line design of stylized flowers on a ground of green shapes and black swirls.
Textile Panel of screen print cotton in a dark earth red with figured vertical bands in greens, ivory, and red separating longer sections of scrolling flowers in white, greens, light blue, and warm beige with shading.
Textile Calendar of off-white linen with faded red-pink print; top portion has boats and other local motifs; the bottom has the Latin words: Anno Domini 1957, and has a circular calendar below with the months and some numerical dates; channel at top for hanging; hemmed at bottom.
Table Scarf of ivory cotton with red chain stitch leafy vine design at the center; design is circular and stylized and one side is faded in color; all four edges have a crocheted or stitched lace ;soft zig-zag trim matches the style of the vine.
Table Scarf of ivory cotton with faded red chain stitch leafy vine design at the center; design is circular and stylized; all four edges have a crocheted or stitched lace; soft zig-zag trim matches the style of the vine.