Table Scarf made from a fragment of a hand-woven shawl in red, blue, green, gold and black in a very fine tapestry weave; design of five floral medallions surrounded by circular bands of leaves and fruit; border band of scrolling flowers and vines in reds and blues on natural ground; fabric is backed on red and green floral print cotton paisley, leaves and flowers with oval frame; back border trim of purple striated cotton/rayon extends along the edge of the front.
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.
Table Runner or Towel of white muslin with red and black border designs; six geometric bands are separated by single filling threads of black and red; central band has elephants in profile; unknotted warp fringe at each end. Might be a towel. Maybe 19th century.
Table Cover of beige ramie, a plain woven stiffened fiber, with red cotton embroidery; two lines of running stitch embroidery trim the edge; each of the four corners has ornate embroidered designs; zig-zag embroidery trims the edges. Record says the fabric is ramie. It's a stiffened fiber that feels like pineapple cloth or banana cloth.
Table Cover of grey cotton muslin with a design of bamboo in a natural white with darker grey edge using Rokechi dyeing technique; natural white line trims the edge of the square textile. Made by Y. Inoue, an 11th grade student at The Aichi Prefectural Toyohashi/ Higashi upper secondary school.
Table Scarf of brocaded satin in grey, brown, orange, lavender, pale green and white in a scene of the Nikko Temple, a famous shrine in Japan, with trees in the background; needlework fringe trim all four sides of the small square textile.
Roundels (set of coasters and placemats) of bright brown barkcloth with embroidered flowers with grass motifs and woman and child figures in green, blue, pink, purple, yellow and off-white; back in a roundel of plain barkcloth; edges are stitched together in a zigzag running stitch of off-white straw; one large roundel, five medium and four small coaster size roundels.
