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Tile (Germany), 16th century
Within an arched niche are St. Martin and the Beggar. At base are strapwork, pendants, masks, grotesques, and seven figures symbolizing the three ecclesiastical and four cardinal virtues: Faith, Hope,…
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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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Border (China), 19th century
Valance or border in heavy white cotton embroidered in blue cotton with a main design of a crow in flight appearing between two sprays of fruit-bearing branches. Flowers, butterflies and…
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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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Flounce (Belgium), 1745–65
Section of a wide flounce with a design of curving garlands that alternates with a symmetrical framing element. Neptune with a trident alternates with a group of heraldic banners with…
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Flounce (Belgium), late 17th century
Brussels-style flounce with references to liquid including a woman sitting on a storm cloud, two exotically dressed people watering a fruit tree and a woman giving her milk to a…
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Flounce (Italy), 18th century
Narrow flounce of bobbin lace with a design depicting classical figures amid foliage (Daphne and Apollo?).
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