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  • Mat (USA), ca. 1920

    Small mat with a design of a winged griffon within a shield shape. Inspired by the crest of the Borghese family and was copied from a Venetian chalice veil made…

  • Mat (USA), ca. 1920

    Eight-sided mat made of unbleached linen and ornamented with embroidery and bordered with woven picots and small tassels.

  • Imitation Leather (USA), 1908–10

    Bisymmetrical leaf and plant forms embossed in gold on glazed brown ground.

  • Imitation Leather (USA), 1908–10

    Textured green paper imitating embossed leather. Darker brown pigment rubbed into crevices.

  • Imitation Leather (USA), 1908–10

    Four brown and green stripes with stylized decoration on brown glazed crackled ground. Resembles painted leather.

  • Bowl (Iran), 14th century

    Bulbous bowl with wide lip, under which is a decorative band with text. Repeating pomegranate pattern on body.

  • Lamp (USA), 17th century

    Old wrought steel oil lamp on tripod stand with ring foot a) single wick Betty lamp with cut-out bird on nail hinged cover. Handle bent forward, its hole holding a…

  • Imitation Leather (Japan), ca. 1885

    Diaper of tiny close-set beads.

  • Imitation Leather (Japan), ca. 1885

    Close-set diaper of very small circles. Resembles lizard skin in the over-all apearance. Painted black.

  • Imitation Leather (Japan), ca. 1885

    Vertical rectangle. Approximately twenty emblems of different shapes arranged at random. Several of the motifs occur twice with either coloring or direction changed. Geometrical, foliate and mask designs are included.…

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