Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  Edge (Malta), 19th century

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  Sample Book Of Ribbons (USA), ca. 1910

  Notebook with dark leather corners and back, with board covers covered with polychrome marbled paper, and plain pages on which are pasted 94 wide ribbon samples in polychrome and white…

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  Miser’s Purse, early 19th century

  Miser’s purse worked in bebilla or oya with very small flowers and leaves on green mesh. Two covered rings as slides for purse.

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  Miser’s Purse, early 19th century

  Small netted purse in dark brown silk with cut steel beads in floral design. Looped tassels of cut steel beads at each end; single steel ring.

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  Miser’s Purse (France), 1830–60

  Knitted miser’s purse of tan silk with cut steel beads, with beaded tassel at rounded end and bead loop fringe at flat end. Plain cut steel rings to fasten.

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  Miser’s Purse (France), early 19th century

  Cream colored silk miser’s purse with designs of flowers in cut steel beads. Tassels are made from cut steel loops. Single ring of steel, grooved ornament to fasten purse.

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  Edge, 19th century

  A rose vine flowing horizontally with hanging rose wreaths. A scalloped edge formed by large and small roses. A naturalistic effect is attempted in the large roses with shading.

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  Edge, 17th century

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  Edge (Belgium), 19th century

  Border resembling Valenciennes type, but made in Belgium. Design of floral, leaf and scroll forms. Twisted Valencienne ground hooked into Brussels motifs.

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  Edge

  Valencienne