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  • Bodice (Philippines), late 19th–early 20th century

    Simple bodice, front and back in one piece, with a round, low neck. Very sheer, off-white piña cloth with an appliqué design of small flowers outlined in white embroidery. Border…

  • Cap Crown, early 20th century

    Cap crown of black cotton embroidered in a brilliantly colored large-scale flower design. The embroidery is worked through and almost identical on the reverse. Ticket attached reads: “Mezzo Kevech embroidery,…

  • Printing Block (India), 1952–53

    Small block for printing embroidery designs. Carved of hard wood and used to print Chickan embroidery patterns. Shows a design of two roosters in profile with plant forms in between.

  • Bedcover (India), 17th century

    Coverlet with a deep red vertical central panel with a large crowned eagle in center, filling of foliage and hippocamps (horses of the sea). Warriors on foot and on horseback…

  • Bedcover (Spain), 18th century

    Large bedcover of cream-colored linen embroidered in light yellow, yellow-green, blue, rose and white silk. The design is laid out in a central panel with a narrow border at the…

  • Bodice

    Child’s bodice

  • Bedcover (Japan), early 19th century

    Bedcover made from five breadths of narrow fabric. Dark blue with soft shades of rose, yellow-orange, pale green and gray-violet. Design shows a large bird with widely-spread wings, long tail…

  • Printing Block (Germany), mid-18th–mid-19th century

    Allover geometric pattern made by squares and diagonals.

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