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This jacket belonged to Rafael Jesús González. It was worn in Civil Disobedience at the Oakland Munitions Depot, the Federal Building in San Francisco and...

Shawl. Description: One ivory colored silk shawl, embroidered in matching silk twist, with elaborate matching fringe. The embroidery consists of highly stylised floral motifs; the corner motifs...

This large shawl could have been made in the Philippine Islands. The macrame fringe (on all four sides) is about 21 inches deep. The flowers on the shawl are embroidered in silk twist, in colors...

Cloth doll, brown with an embroidered face, and hair of black thread. Skirt and top are of red, black yellow and green striped fabric with red, yellow, black and white checkered fabric appliqued...

Anne Bernstein added military uniform buttons from her father to the cuffs of this Mexican dress. The dress is long, to the floor, the sleeves are long and the neckline is a deep scoop. Both the...

Dress is made from white cotton floral printed dimity. The dress has a yoke at the front and back, into which the body of the dress is gathered. A simple curved fold-over collar is white cotton...

This quilt is very unusual in that it is pieced (crazy quilt) front and back. Several of the the fabrics are repeated. There are two black background fabrics, printed with many bright colored...

This quilt is very unusual in that it is pieced (crazy quilt) front and back. Several of the the fabrics are repeated. A navy blue fabric printed in pinks shows a landscape scene, and this is...

Quilt top. Description: one quilt top of fancy fabrics, (velvets, taffetas, brocades, etc.) embroidered in perfect condition. History: These items were made by Mrs. Washburn's mother and...

Woman's dress. Description: Long sleeve dress of light grey linen. Bodice slightly gathered at waist. Top sewn to gored skirt. Back closure of six small red bead buttons. Decoration of hand...

Embroidered story cloth. Brown background and brown border, with a double border of two bands of gray and white fabric, separated by a zig-zag pattern of gray and brown (similar to "prairie...

Small drawstring bag, with red cotton drawstring at top, decorated with large tassels of bright magenta and gold colored yarn. The top edge of the bag is decorated with a band of red cotton cord...

Baby blue shoulder bag, made of basket weave cotton. The bag is lined with natural colored cotton plain weave, with a band of blue at the inside top and a zipper compartment set in at one side....

Natural colored cloth bag with small shoulder strap made of red cotton cord, knotted at the shoulder; the bag is fastened across the front with three, small metallic silver colored bells. The...

Navy blue cotton shoulder bag is embroiderred front and back with an "old style of embroidery" as the donor described it. The bag fastens at the top edge with a dark brown zipper. This...

This crazy quilt, made by Martha Wright Thomasson in Gilroy, is made in blocks, with eccentric embroidery (resembling streamers) meandering over the edges of the blocks, all over the surface of...

Small bag (purple, with bat-like forms appliqued to the top, and couched in place with orange colored thread. (Light pink on the reverse side.) long cotton string attached.

A: Man's blue denim jacket with "Lee, M.R., Patd. - 153438, Made in U.S.A." label stitched in inside, back yoke. "Lee" also on left breast pocket flap. Fastens down the...

This quilt block was entered in the "School Quilt Block Competition, 1998, co-sponsored by P & B Textiles and the Oakland Museum of California. Students had to incorporate into their quilt...

Large pale color straw sombrero worn by Trinidad Jose Sanchez when he performed with his Charro friends. The sombrero has a high crown, and the brim is timmed up at the sides and the back; there...