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  • Sampler (USA), 1827

    Sampler embroidered in red, black and blue on a white ground, with the alphabet and inscription Susanna Meck 1827 at the top, and many small detached motifs including animals, birds,…

  • Sampler (England), 17th century

    Thirteen cross borders in cutwork with needlepoint stitches and embroidery in satin and curled stitches.

  • Sidewall, Sound Waves, 1948

    Horizontal rows of wavy lines in dark and light-green on a light-brown ground. Gives the appearance of a graph or fever chart. Printed in blue and green on off-white ground.

  • Sidewall (France), 1920–28

    Chinoiserie: Vignettes of Asian figures amid pagodas and large flowers. Printed in colors on yellow ground.

  • 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,…

  • Fragment (China), 19th century

    Allover geometrical design in greenish gold and rose with blue outlines.

  • 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.

  • Fragment (Spain), 17th century

    Yellow damask with an allover design of a carnation in a vase above two confronted, rampant lions forming an ogival shape.

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