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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.

  • Textile (Portugal), 19th century

    Part of cover or curtain, of cotton striped in blue and white with printed designs in stripes. In blue, a vase with flowers; in white, groups of dogs alternating with…

  • Bed Cover (Spain), 17th century

    Vertical panel with medium-scale diagonal repeat giving allover effect of large symmetrical urns with addorsed birds on either side of vase, confronted birds on either side of fleur-de-lis rising from…

  • Panel (possibly Portugal), 18th century

    White silk floral damask embroidered with scattered animals, birds and insects in colored silks and metal threads. With an embroidered obelisk surmounted by a coronet with serpents on either side.…

  • Bed Cover (Uzbekistan), 19th century

    Field and border solidly filled with flower heads in orange and magenta, narrow blue-green leaf scrolls; floral guard border around center field and edge.

  • Floor Tile (possibly Portugal), 16th–early 17th century

    Square tile of buff clay with thin underfired opaque grayish-white glaze. Underglaze blue painting of diagonally placed heraldic shield with eagle and three pointed arches. Above, helmet with plumes, and…

  • Christmas Ornaments, 1956

    Three collapsible cube-shaped ornaments printed with linear geometric decoration on gold foil ground: -7a in red, pink, and white; -7b in green and white; -7c in blue and white; gold…

  • Textile (Portugal), late 19th century

    Chintz with a brilliant blue ground showing a coarse chinoiserie design in red, yellow, blue, black, brown and green. Two groups of Chinese figures in staggered repeat.

  • Sample (England), 1962

    All-over natural size floral pattern screen printed in light green, mauve, green-blue and white with grey-blue ground. Liberty tag attached. Both selvedges present.

  • Band (Portugal), early 17th century

    Lace band in which ships alternate with mythical sea creatures. With attached border of stylized heart-shaped forms, taken from design by Parasole of 1597.

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