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  • 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…

  • Plaque (England), ca. 1777

    Omphale (or Jöle) and frame. Vertical oval plaque of unevenly colored grayish blue solid jasper, with half-draped figure of Ophale in profile, standing on bracket and carrying the lion’s skin…

  • Plaque, ca. 1778

    Vertical oval plaque, pale blue solid jasper body with darker slip and white relief showing a youth, nude except for drapery falling from shoulder. He stands in left profile and…

  • 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.…

  • 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…

  • Wood Block (France), 1925–28

    Block consisting of five layers of wood, the top one carved out to form “islands” into which brass bands are set to form the design: a tree, bird, butterflies, a…

  • Wood Block (France), 1925–30

    Art deco-style block consisting of five layers of wood, the top one carved in conventionalized flowers and stems, in reversed straight repeat. Some broken parts replaced by brass bands. Stenciled…

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