Chinese so not from a kimono. These are silk (hand) embroidery, likely taken from sleeve bands or other very damaged pieces, so I would doubt it...
Oh good grief. Nobody googled "No Cross No Crown IOTT" before posting?...
Does not look at all Salvation Army to me (half my family are officers going back into the 1870s). Among other things, officers (ministers) do...
Confirms all I said. 20th century, probably 1970s or later.
Not jacquard. Overshot weave, in a pattern known as Snowball and Wedding Ring (among other names). Found from eastern Europe all the way to...
Elastic is a Western thing. These would have been closed by drawstring. They're 20th century, called shirwal, and are worn by both sexes from...
Not unique. "Ghalamkar" = kalamkari in India. Used to be hand *painted* (which is what I think the word basically means); then hand printed with...
Vishnu and wife Lakshmi in the center. I don't think India, though.
Well then, they must be post-1939, when Persia adopted its present name. Not rugs. Table covers, bedcovers, whatever. Block printed, not silk...
Absolutely not in mourning. The youngest, who is pointing at someone in the album, is smiling at the woman behind her, who is leaning over the...
Your tapestry is machine-woven as well, Ladybranch. It's not the same front and back; the back is like a negative image of the front. You see...
No. If the back is like the front you have a handwoven one. If you see blocks of color, you have a jacquard-woven one. Neither determines age,...
1970s-early 1980s - probalby not much before OP purchased it.
Linen or rice linen, and I'm thinking Philippines/China/Macau from the embroidery style (looks to me like "Forbidden stitch" rather than French...
Chlorine bleach will destroy protein fibers like wool and silk. You can, however, use peroxide + ammonia, just like you do to bleach hair....
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