Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  Frieze, Somerset House, 1940

  Design in classic style simulating architectural ornament and showing a horizontal band of curving reeded forms strung side by side on a rod, with leaf swags below enclosing half rosettes.…

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  Frieze, Somerset House, 1940

  Design in classic style simulating architectural ornament and showing a horizontal band of curving reeded forms strung side by side on a rod, with leaf swags below enclosing half rosettes.…

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  Sidewall (France), 1910

  Heavy bisymmetrical flower and leaf design. Straight across match. Shiny brown flock on dull brown flock ground.

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  Frieze (USA), 1885–89

  Large bunches of pink carnations repeat horizontally above a continuous wave. Design richly laid with gold leaf. Floral bands at bottom. Graded cream and brown ground. Gold leaf.

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  Drawing, Archbishop’s Throne and Canopy; Six Separate Studies for a Throne, Prie-Dieu, and Canopy, 1808

  Elevation of an elaborate throne and canopy at the center, rendered in full color; side elevation of canopy, in line, right. Side elevation of throne and other details, in line,…

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  Seal

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  Frieze (USA), 1890–95

  Imitates a flock paper. Scrollwork and clusters of roses. The scrollwork is silvered. Printed in silver, red and pink on graded cream ground.

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  Band (Peru), ca. 1000–1200

  Strip of un-dyed cotton cloth with band containing angular scrolls in cloth weave on twined background; guard strips; cord selvage on one side, to which is hand-sewn fringed border.

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  Tassel (Peru), 1000–1200

  Large tassel with long heavy twisted red wool fringes and wool yarn stretched in 1/4″ band of white, red, green, yellow over the top of the core, and a thick…

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  Band (Peru), 11th–12th century

  Long narrow wool band with series of “S” repeats, series of angular scroll repeats, and series of rectangular repeats made up of triangles, in dark green, red, white; framed top…