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  • Border (China), 19th century

    Valance or border in heavy white cotton embroidered in blue cotton with a main design of a crow in flight appearing between two sprays of fruit-bearing branches. Flowers, butterflies and…

  • Invitation

    Horizontal rectangle. Four cards in an envelope embossed with initials “T” and “W”. Cards of Daniel Toffey and Adeline S. Wilson tied with white silk ribbon. Other two cards are…

  • Textile (Laos), 1900–1950

    Three bands of various cloth weaves: plain cloth top border, plain cloth with weft ikat in center band, fancy compound cloth lower border. Wide stright tubular skirt made up of…

  • Brooch (France), ca. 1830–40

    In the form of three berries, with gold leaves and stems. Eleven diamonds, fifty-eight rubies. One loose berry was repaired in 1957 (see object card for details).

  • Border (Democratic Republic of the Congo), late 19th century

    Long narrow band made from two shorter pieces stitched together. All natural raffia color, in a creamy tone. Three pattern areas of geometric interlacing of alternating bands of textured pile…

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