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  Embroidery

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  Embroidery

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  Pleated Fan, 1820–1830

  Double paper leaf with gilded hand-colored etching.Obverse: scene of three women with a lyre. Possibly an operatic scene. Reverse: plain paper with small gold ornamentation. Carved bone sticks with metallic…

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  Sample Book (USA), 1948

  Contains forty contemporary designs by leading designers. The “Audubon Game Birds” is a photo-lithograph. Includes “Skeletons” by William Justema, “In Line” by Ilonka Karasz.

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  Pleated Fan, 19th century

  Folding fan with a leaf of white bobbin lace with swirling floral patterns. Sticks of plain mother-of-pearl, with a wide white silk ribbon.

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  Sample Book (France), ca. 1750

  Folded paper with twelve samples in very bright colors mounted on thin board. Probably used for uniforms. Samples are mounted on paper which reads “LONDRINS SECONDS DE LA GRAVETTE MAY…

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  Embroidery, late 18th century

  Cream-colored cotton (possibly from a curtain or skirt) with detached floral motives worked in chain stitch. Flowers small garden varieties in clusters 3″ to 4″ long; arranged in staggered rows.…

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  Blueprint, Apartment House, Rue Heine, Facade sur Rue, 1925

  Design for the principal facade of a 7 and an half floor apartment building on Rue Heine. The building’s middle panel is triple fenestrated, and the two side panels are…

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  Blueprint, Apartment house, Rue Heine, Plan du 3e Etage, 1925

  Floor plan for the 3rd floor of the apartment building on Rue Heine. In the design, the rooms are labelled with their function and scale is noted throughout the work.

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  Blueprint, Apartment House, Rue Heine, Plan du Rez de Chaussee, 1925

  Floor plan for the ground floor of the apartment building on Rue Heine. The top half of the diagram shows that a large portion of this space is dedicated to…