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  • Sampler (USA), 1827

    Sampler embroidered in red, black and blue on a white ground, with the alphabet and inscription Susanna Meck 1827 at the top, and many small detached motifs including animals, birds,…

  • Tie (France), 19th century

    Black silk tie with narrow neck section and wider oval motifs. Design of flowers and stems with leaves within conventionalized border.

  • Tie (France), 19th century

    Narrow black lace band in a conventionalized flower and leaf design. A medallion at either end shows a quartered shield, each quarter with a flower surrounded by leaves.

  • Sampler (England), 17th century

    Thirteen cross borders in cutwork with needlepoint stitches and embroidery in satin and curled stitches.

  • Tie (France), mid-19th century

    Narrow border ornamented with small four-petaled flowers. Medallions at either end show design of floral sprays in leaf border.

  • Dado (England), 1817–27

    Simulates wooden Chinese fretwork railing with elements repeating horizontally. An illusion of depth is achieved by means of shadows against yellow irregular wave background. Printed in purple on yellow ground.

  • Dado (France), 1810

    A horizontal rectangle shows two children. The boy has placed a board over a small brook and the girl is in the act of crossing over. A floral rope marks…

  • Dado (France), ca. 1815

    Large horizontal rectangle containing motif of doves perched on a quiver of arrows. On either side are vertical rectangles the designs of which are identical: a trophy made up of…

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