Wall Hanging of natural white woven cotton with bands of laid-in work in multi-colored yarns; horizontal bands of geometric figures of males and females alternate with bands of birds separated by linear dashes; main colors of red, navy, turquoise, orange, and green.
Flag of an upside-down triangular shape of royal blue satin with inner triangle of white satin; top has white embroidered, ornate characters (symbols or writing) in a raised satin stitch; white center has five characters in raised purple satin stitch, each get smaller as the tip is approached; top has a channel for hanging.
Wall Hanging of multi-colored cotton with appliquéd scene of two Egyptian figures; one is kneeling and pouring from a vessel; the other stands and holds a green bowl in one hand and in the other hand holds a red-orange crescent tipped rod with something white at the end; a snake sails above a disc above the figure; there is a beige band at the bottom and the whole square is trimmed in a 1
Textile panel of black and natural double weave linen or cotton in a design of pairs of birds in circles with wrought-iron designs; six pairs of birds are in circles joined by small circles with fleur-de-lis style designs; reproduction of the marble inlay on the pavement of the Baptistry in Florence, Italy.
Tent Hanging fragment of hand-woven, hand-spun beige, grey wool embroidered in design of flowers, saz leaf, and bow motifs in salmon pink, yellow and light brown; edged in band and zig-zag; one length of hanging.
Wall Hanging (made from half of a shawl) of fine ivory silk brocaded with black silk or cotton in a lace-like design of vines with leaves and pomegranates; edges are trimmed in 3/4" fringed braid of black silk.
Wall Hanging of black and white cotton in horizontal bands with figures, birds and plant motifs; hand-embroidered; reversible from negative/positive use of space. From Mexico or Guatemala.
Paper cut art of brown paper in a vine with elongated leaves and a check patterned ground; design is constructed of horizontal cuts; paper is backed on cotton fabric covered over cardboard.
Wall Hanging with large Egyptian male figure dressed in clothing like that of Pharaohs; holding an ankh with his left hand and an ankh tipped staff; man wears a headdress; black donkey with saddle is bending down to eat a plant under a palm tree; two pyramids; scarab and eye motifs.
Wall Hanging of natural white tapa cloth (bark cloth) with a hand-painted illustration depicting a story of battle showing various arms being used; guns, daggers, swords, bows and arrows with bullets, arrows and knives flying through the air; male figures, Deities with painted fans and colorful clothing in bright red, blue, yellow, green, bright brown, beige and black; may be Guardian Gods.
Wall Hanging of black cotton lined with unbleached muslin and embroidered in bright magenta with accents of yellow-orange and green; Pulkahari stitch, mirror work and satin stitch; a center window with patterned squares and diamonds is surrounded by varying patterned bands.
Wall Hanging of natural linen with hand-blocked print in blue, earth-red, mustard gold and white in a paisley, ornate floral design; design is blocked by intricate patterned bands that follow the shape of the architectural frame (prayer niche); most of the negative space is filled with floral sprays or paisleys; long cone motifs and lamp motifs; fringe at one end.
Wall Hanging of grey blue woven flax with an appliquéd scene of men herding animals, one cattle, oxen, and a large bird; one man directs an animal and a younger man or boy is offering to the animal; tree and symbols; main colors of yellow, purple, black, white, green, orange, red, and blue.
Wall Hanging of hand-woven linen embroidered in multi-colored twisted silks in various floral designs; linen strips are skillfully sewn together; vines are outlined in black; tulips, carnations, and pomegranate blossoms are in violets, reds, gold, blue, and deep green.
Wall Hanging with Egyptian man in profile with bird, flower, and other symbols; Man is long and below is a boy and a camel blocked in a square of orange cotton; main colors of orange, pale green, brown, white, yellow, and black.
Textile of black broadcloth with central circle with a woman wearing a kimono with a bridge in the background in yellow, reds, pinks, greens, blues, black, and grey; woman hold a scroll; four medallions with indigo animals or buildings surround the center circle on a dark indigo ground. More information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bingata
Wall Hanging of buff cotton with a elongated drop in the center with two exotic birds at top surrounded by vines and flower designs; trim of scrolling vines and floral medallions in leaf design borders; all-over design is very detailed and illustrative; colors are muted tans, blue, golden yellow, olive with some black fine outline; a portion of another fabric is sewn to the back; the design is similar, but is in brighter colors of pink, blue, yellow and green on off-white ground; design combines free-hand painting with block print.
Wall Hanging of unbleached cotton hand-painted with block print of "tree of life" or "garden of paradise" design in purple, blue, red, green, brown, mustard yellow and pink with black painted outline; tree is in center with flowers and exotic birds; leaf and flower border trims the entire piece with a 10" rectangular border at top and bottom of a flower garden.
Wall Hanging of natural cotton with black line block print of Durga, a deity with 20 arms standing on a man-headed buffalo; male figure has horns and carries a sword; background and border is filled with stripes and lines of geometric, plant motifs; top portion resembles beaded strands with bells at the end; both figures are composed of black line designs on natural white ground except the black buffalo body; background is an archway design with red tint behind the archway; black cotton border.
Textile panel of woven silk and metallic threads in K'o-ssu tapestry weave with a warrior riding on a horse with a spear and another figure with his arms raised appearing to cheer him on; mountain landscape; flower at the top; colors of medium blue, green, peach, and grey; panel is trimmed with a band of black cotton. The word Kesi translates to "cut silk" as the separate areas of color are woven into the warp with separate bobbins of thread. This hand-weaving technique requires a great deal of precision and patience. The final piece is lightweight and if done with skill has the same finish on both sides. Most of these Kesi Tapestries are of pictorial scenes, some are copies of paintings, which are first brush sketched onto the warp threads then woven. More information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%27o-ssu
Wall Hanging of K'o-ssu or Kesi tapestry of woven silk and metallic threads showing two men playing a game with rackets with a branch with flowers at the top; trimmed with a band of black cotton. From Wikipedia: "K'ossu" means "cut silk", a name that comes from the appearance of cut threads created by the use of color in the pictorial designs typical of the style (often copies of famous paintings). Unlike continuous weft brocade, in k'ossu each color area was woven from a separate bobbin, making the style both technically demanding and time-consuming.
Wall hanging of royal blue silk satin with couched metallic threads anchored with red silk in design of large 5-clawed imperial dragon with an all-over pattern combined with emblems; Shou; bat; flowers; border of 1 1/4" width of white satin embroidered with colorful silks in floral design with swastikas and gold couched threads; backed on white cotton.
Wall hanging woven brocaded silk in the "Hundred Babies" design to symbolize fertility; rows of figures with trees, cranes, and horned deer in various color schemes are bordered at the top and bottom with designs of dragons and phoenix in a yin-yang form implying "greatest happiness" and other emblems; silk ground of grayish green silk satin; backed on yellow silk.
Wall hanging of buff colored cotton hand-blocked in shades of red, purple, green, mustard and light blue; a bold, lily design of branches with exotic birds, fruit and flowers; a modified "tree of life" or "garden of paradise" design; border design with decorative scalloped edge. East India.
Textile panel of indigo and off-white double-ikat cotton with designs of a blurred floral medallion and tic-tac-toe rectangles; small attached swatch of double-ikat polka-dot design; wall hanging; the Japanese word for ikat is kasuri.
Wall Hanging for church of deep red velvet with ornate, decorative embroidery of a stylized grapevine; embroidery is symmetrical on both sides; embroidery is done in metallic threads and gold sequins with round grapes and oval seedpods of three-dimensional grey sequin appliqués.
Wall Hanging of hand-blocked cotton print in a prayer-niche design with each section filled with floral patterns, cones, lamp and bird motifs; top center has written characters; colors are dark muted red, blue and mustard yellow with black lines; some bands have a rounded zig-zag pattern; the ground color is a whitish-grey; the back is lined in bright red cotton with an edging of a hand-blocked print, floral patterned striped fabric.
Wall Hanging of beige and rust-orange cotton, rayon, jute, hand-woven with fringed ends; celestial design of the names of the constellations with signs of the zodiac.
Tapa Cloth of the inner bark of a Mulberry tree pounded into cloth; all-over net pattern in light brown on a natural white ground with some hand-painted designs in dark brown; design is sectioned off into rectangles with bands of painted designs of wheels and elongated diamonds; textile panel has five large dots; one edge has three numbers with slashes in between; 49//50//51.
Temple Wall Hanging in a brocade of silk and gilt paper on a deep indigo ground of floating silk thread warp; Ho 'O birds alternate with Paulownia motifs in clay, blues, grey-greens, and beige with off-white paper outlining the design; the delicacy of the textile was acceptable for temple hanging where it would not be susceptible to damage. The leafy plant motif is from the Paulownia tree and was used as the family crest for the Toyotomi family.
Wall Hanging made from a Buddhist's Vestment (Kesa) of gold brocade in Kinran weave cut into 48 pieces and skillfully patched together; various flower motifs in blues, mauve, browns, green, yellow, purple on a golden ground of metallic and white silk.
Wall Hanging with appliquéd scene of an Egyptian woman standing next to a basin with five stylized flowers (lotus flowers) and two leaves; The figure is holding two gold objects; a pair of decorative eyes with foot underneath is above the figure; another object is apart from the eyes and above the figure and resembles an ankh with a zig-zag end.
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).
Wall Hanging of woven flax with colorful scene of a man riding on a donkey; man is holding a rod in one hand and a rope with bags in the other; the outer square is blocked by geometric alternating colors; plant in front of man.
Textile panel (wall hanging) of pale green and pale gold cotton brocade in an ornate floral design; floral bouquets in an ornate floral vine ogival in pale gold on a pale green ground with scale pattern; reproduction of an 18th century French cotton brocade.
Wall Hanging of grey and black double-weave cotton or linen in a design of pairs of birds in circles with ornate fleur-de-lis designs inspired by wrought iron work; design is a reproduction of a marble inlay pattern from pavement in the foyer of the Baptistry in Florence, Italy; backed with black cotton with channels at top for a dowel to hang it.
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.
Tent Hanging fragment of plain weave beige wool embroidered with zig-zag diamonds, hooks and bands in olive green, deep orange, blue-grey, brownish red and black; olive green hook motifs; cross or X motifs.
Tent Hanging of two lengths of coarse wool in tan and salmon embroidered in repeating motifs of a flowering plant and saz leaf in golden yellow, salmon pink, tan and off-white; one end is sewn over to accommodate a rod for hanging; other end is fringed.
Tent Hanging fragment of two pieces of coarse brown wool embroidered in a design of crosses blocked in a vertical zig-zag and line design in muted yellow, salmon pink and pale grey; embroidery also has small repeating hooks along the sides.
Wall Hanging of natural woven linen with block print of paisley, floral and lamp motifs patterned in blocks and bands on rectangular textile; center has a red ground with blue, mustard and white motifs surrounded by blue and mustard bands with contrasting colored floral and star motifs; top has decorative lamp motifs; intricate patterns; maybe reflecting an architectural frame or prayer niche.
Tent Hanging fragment of pale orange and tan woven wool with a design of zig-zag creating diamonds with cross motifs and hook motifs in off-white, pale yellow and tan; outer edges have an embroidered stripe and zig-zag.
Textile photo print wall hanging of ivory ribbed silk with scene in charcoal greys of a docked ship at port with people, dog and horse, carriage and barrels; industrial scene; upper corner says, Lucien Gautier 1883; the image is characteristic of the etchings of Marseilles, France done by Lucien Marcelin Gautier.
Wall Hanging of black, orange and yellow cotton; hand-woven in varying size horizontal bands with some yarns dangling throughout; white fringed yarn at ends.
Wall Hanging with a large central scarab in brown, grey, yellow, red, and black; on either side are bulls; Egyptian men dressed in tunic with headdress holding three objects.
Wall Hanging of hand-woven linen, wool or hemp in a diamond pattern in red and tan; sides are trimmed in tan with blue diagonal stripes; self-fringe at top and bottom.
Textile Panel of two borders from a wall scarf stitched together to show the end designs of hand-woven white cotton with stripes and laid-in weaving in red, blue and yellow; patterned bands, stripes and geometric linear motifs with architectural motifs at one end; traditional design.