Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  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.

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  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…

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  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…

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  Couture Embroidery Sample (USA), 1960

  Sample of white cotton with an unfinished embroidery design in multi-colored silks and wool of a large paisley motif with a floral border. Paisley motif has a central rosette in…

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  Couture Embroidery Sample (USA), 1960

  Piece of cream-colored rayon embroidered in red silk and beads in a pattern of two crossing bands and a center medallion.

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  Couture Embroidery Sample (USA), 1960

  Piece of black rayon embroidered in colored silk threads and beads in a solid pattern of long, curling leaves.

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  Couture Embroidery Sample (USA), 1960

  Dark rayon velvet appliquéd with a cream-colored silk in a curvilinear shape. Silk design is embroidered and embellished with multi-colored beads in floral and scrolling forms.

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  Scarf (Afghanistan), 20th century

  Resist pattern of a series of squares containing “butahs” or cone shapes. Borders of the squares contain a curving vine pattern. Pattern is yellow on dark green and within each…

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  Couture Embroidery Sample (USA), 1930–39

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  Couture Embroidery Sample (USA), 1930–39

  Chartreuse fabric cut from a former woman’s jacket embroidered with a Russian scene with a building, people, and onion domes in floating clouds. Embroidery worked in red, blue, green, white,…