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  • Textile (Albania), late 19th–early 20th century

    Horizontal bands of varying widths in heavy white cotton wefts alternating with bands of a much finer open weave with yellow silk wefts. Warp is fine white cotton threads. Three…

  • Textile (Albania), late 19th–early 20th century

    Two lengths of sheer cotton seamed down longest edge. Spaced bands of lozenges and triangles inlaid with heavier cotton thread. Deep borders edged with openwork bands at either end. Twisted…

  • Panel (Albania), 1915

    Panel comprised of several lengths with a sheer ground divided by wide, opaque warp stripes into three panels with white continuous geometric pattern in each with touches of red and…

  • Textile (Cote d’Ivoire), 1964

    Panel composed of eight strips sewn side-to-side. An overall checkerboard pattern of deep blue and white is accented with multicolored horizontal stripes and supplementary weft patterns.

  • Wrapper (Ivory Coast), mid-20th century

    Panel formed of eleven narrow strips, each 3 3/4 inches wide, sewn together. Each strip is patterned by a 17 inch section of narrow blue and white stripes alternating with…

  • Sampler (Sri Lanka), 1956

    Part of Singalese alphabet above figures of lion and woman carrying pot.

  • Poster, Parfums Christian Dior, 1979

    On a cobalt blue ground (in a painted room?) an image of a model dressed in fuchsia hat and shirt with a cone-like shirt. Upper right: 79; below in fuchsia:…

  • Signature Collection, “Picnic Flatware” Spoon, 1985

    Flat rectangular handle of grey aluminum; brushed surface. Circular, concave bowl with flanged extension to overlap handle. Bowl affixed to handle with two silver rivets. Bowl anodized mauve.

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