Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  Tie, early 20th century

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  Tie (Belgium), 1850–1900

  Linen double lapet, needle lace, Point de Gaze. All-over floral clusters and sprays. Elaborate star at both ends of lappet with radiating sections ending in leaves.

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  Tie (Indonesia), mid-20th century

  Unfolded material for a tie with tan and white crackle design on dark blue ground. Design shows horizontal rows of various geometric and floral patterns with large design of dark…

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  Border (France), 1825

  Black arcade with pink oak leaves in center. Between arches is a stylized black and white floral pattern that rises above it. Lower border of black and white diamonds and…

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  Wrapper (Nigeria), early 20th century

  Woman’s wrapper with a large-scale design of two columns of squares, each criss-crossed by diagonal lines. Field of small white circles. In white on a deep blue ground.

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  Textile (Nigeria), early 20th century

  Long strip of woven cotton with a simple woven windowpane check; a wide stripe down the center is edged with light blue and has two parallel lines of white ikat.

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  Textile (Nigeria), ca. 1950

  Central medallion shows a man and a crowned woman with lettering above their heads reading OKASA AKA UNI. The medallion is derived from one designed to commemorate the Silver Jubilee…