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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.

  • Sampler (Morocco), 18th–19th century

    Square of undyed cotton partially filled with sections of borders and designs, some suggestive of Renaissance symmetrical stylized plant borders and some fantastic geometrical symmetrial floral repeats. In faded multicolored…

  • Trimming, early 20th century

    Trimming with pendulous lavender and pink flowers.

  • Coverlet (India (for European market)), late 17th century

    The coverlet is comprised of three breadths of fine undyed cotton plain weave, with very fine silk chain-stitch embroidery in brown, violet, two shades of blue, yellow and two shades…

  • Roundel, 868–904

    Roundel with a golden yellow ground filled by walking bird with back-turned head; in blue-green, yellow-green wools and undyed linen on linen warps. Remains of cloth ground at bottom. Warps…

  • Roundel, late 2nd–early 10th century

    Rough hexagonal medallion with striding fantastic animal suggesting combination of ostrich and rabbit, in blue, green and yellow wool and natural linen on dark red ground with a few indistinguishable…

  • Sample (USA), 1945–1950

    Sample of natural linen printed with a red and black linear design with rows of intersecting diamond shapes connected with vertical and horizontal lines.

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