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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, Coude Transversable, 1926

  An elevation plan of the apartment building on Rue Heine. This design shows the organization of parking and storage space behind the living quarters of the apartments. Function of rooms…

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  Blueprint, Apartment House, Rue Heine, Plan du 7e Etage, 1925

  Floor plan of the 7th floor in the apartment building on Rue Heine. Function of rooms and scale noted throughout the drawing.

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  Blueprint, Apartment house, Rue Heine, Plan du 4e Etage, 1925

  Floor plan for the 4th floor of the apartment building on Rue Heine. Function of rooms and scale labelled throughout design.