  - CANDACE WHEELER. From the painting by her daughter Dora Wheeler Keith Frontispiece
- MOCCASINS OF PORCUPINE QUILLWORK. Made by Sioux Indians Facing 12
- PIPE BAGS OF PORCUPINE QUILLWORK. Made by Sioux Indians 12
- MAN'S JACKET OF PORCUPINE QUILLWORK. Made by Sioux Indians 14
- MAN'S JACKET OF PORCUPINE QUILLWORK. Made by Plains Indians 14
- CREWEL DESIGN, drawn and colored, which dates back to Colonial times 18
- TESTER embroidered in crewels in shades of blue on white homespun linen. Said to have been brought to Essex, Mass., in 1640, by Madam Susanna, wife of Sylvester Eveleth 22
- RAISED EMBROIDERY ON BLACK VELVET. Nineteenth century American 22
- QUILTED COVERLET made by Ann Gurnee 26
- HOMESPUN WOOLEN BLANKET with King George's Crown embroidered with home-dyed blue yarn in the corner. From the Burdette home at Fort Lee, N.J., where Washington was entertained 26
- CHEROKEE ROSE BLANKET, made about 1830, of homespun wool with "Indian Rose" design about nineteen inches in diameter worked in the corners in home-dyed yarns of black, red, yellow, and dark green. From the Westervelt collection 26
- BED SET, Keturah Baldwin pattern, designed, dyed, and worked by The Deerfield Society of Blue and White Needlework, Deerfield, Mass. 32
- BED COVERS worked in candle wicking 32
- SAMPLER worked by Adeline Bryant in 1826, now in the possession of Anna D. Trowbridge, Hackensack, N.J. 50
- SAMPLER embroidered in colors on Écru linen, by Mary Ann Marley, aged twelve, August 30, 1820 52
- SAMPLER embroidered in brown on Écru linen, by Martha Carter Fitzhugh, of Virginia, in 1793, and left unfinished at her death 52
- SAMPLER worked by Christiana Baird. Late eighteenth century American 54
- MEMORIAL PIECE worked in silks, on white satin. Sacred to the memory of Major Anthony Morse, who died March 22, 1805 54
- SAMPLER of Moravian embroidery, worked in 1806, by Sarah Ann Smith, of Smithtown, L.I. 54
- SAMPLER worked by Nancy Dennis, Argyle, N.Y., in 1810 56
- SAMPLER worked by Nancy McMurray, of Salem, N.Y., in 1793 56
- PETIT POINT PICTURE which belonged to President John Quincy Adams, and now in the Dwight M. Prouty collection 56
- SAMPLER in drawnwork, Écru linen thread, made by Anne Gower, wife of Gov. John Endicott, before 1628 60
- SAMPLER embroidered in dull colors on Écru canvas by Mary Holingworth, wife of Philip English, Salem merchant, married July, 1675, accused of witchcraft in 1692, but escaped to New York 60
- SAMPLER worked by Hattie Goodeshall, who was born February 19, 1780, in Bristol 60
- NEEDLEBOOK of Moravian embroidery made about 1850, now in the possession of Mrs. J.N. Myers, Bethlehem, Pa. 64
- MORAVIAN EMBROIDERY worked by Emily E. Reynolds, Plymouth, Pa., in 1834, at the age of twelve, while at the Moravian Seminary in Bethlehem, and now owned by her granddaughter 64
- MORAVIAN EMBROIDERY from Louisville, Ky. 66
- LINEN TOWELS embroidered in cross-stitch. Pennsylvania Dutch early nineteenth century 70
- "THE MEETING OF ISAAC AND REBECCA"—Moravian embroidered picture, an heirloom in the Reichel family of Bethlehem, Pa. Worked by Sarah Kummer about 1790 74
- "SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME UNTO ME"—Cross-stitch picture made about 1825, now in the possession of the Beckel family, Bethlehem, Pa. 74
- ABRAHAM AND ISAAC. Kensington embroidery by Mary Winifred Hoskins, of Edenton, N.C., while attending an English finishing school in Baltimore in 1814 76
- FIRE SCREEN embroidered in cross-stitch worsted 78
- FIRE SCREEN, design, "The Scottish Chieftain," embroidered in cross-stitch by Mrs. Mary H. Cleveland Allen 78
- FIRE SCREEN worked about 1850 by Miss C.A. Granger, of Canandaigua, N.Y. 78
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