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  • Samples, Abbey Cloth, late 19th–early 20th century

    Thirteen swatches of Abbey Cloth in delft blue. Some with single, some with paired warps and wefts.

  • Fragment (Afghanistan), before 1906

    Scaled and blurred medium-scale geometric design in drimson, gold, rust, white, and green on ground in shades of deep blue. two crimson twill selvedges with paired white pencil stripes.

  • Clock (Germany), 1730–32

    Lantern-shaped clock case raising from tall concave sockle on roughly square base. Two satyrs seated on scrolls support arched cornice above which a ribbed, scrolled and wrinkled top raises, crowned…

  • Clock (France), 1807–10

    Flat, trapezoidal base with four arches along bottom front edge. Base supports a stage-like interior surmounted by semi-circular pediment inset with clock. Interior features a large door back center decorated…

  • Cap (Afghanistan), mid-19th century

    Undyed cotton quilted into narrow ribs, possibly over cording. Cording is over embroidery of coarse satin stitches in orange, black, yellow and green in a pattern of various stylized floral…

  • Cap (Afghanistan), 19th century

    Cap decorated with long ovoids surrounded by stylized borders. Multicolored silks are embroidered using coarse satin stitch in purple, pink, yellow and green. Quilted cords make ridges that give stucture…

  • Samples (USA), ca. 1959

    Two textile samples, one piece of graph paper on perforated paper. At top, graph paper with handwritten illustration of weaving sequence; text at top: Cameo, Bertha Gray Hayes. At bottom…

  • Samples (USA), ca. 1959

    Two textile samples, one piece of graph paper on perforated paper. At top left, graph paper with handwritten illustration of weaving sequence; printed at top: Chintz. At bottom left, plain…

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