Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  Bag (France), late 18th century

  Bag of white cotton printed with a basket of fruit and flowers on each side, with a strawberry vine border and a narrow egg-and-dart border. Drawstring top with silk cord…

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  Bag (France), 19th century

  Tall white cap, or hat, off white cotton. Wider at top, shaped to fit forehead at bottom, and folds flat. Quilted and heavily padded; back, design of white ridges that…

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  Bag, 19th century

  Bag knitted in stockinette stitch, with a drawstring at the top; now open at bottom. Deep band of decoration in red and blue on a white ground. Three tassels attached…

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  Bag (Italy), 18th century

  Knitted bag of rose colored silk with a geometric design; with rose ribbon upper edge and handles.

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  Panel (Algeria), 18th–19th century

  Small hanging or shawl of fine, loosely woven linen, embroidered in silk in blue, violet, red, olive green, pink and white. Design symmetrically arranged, of stylized plants with spiky, angular…

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  Bag (USA), early 20th century

  Purse of black silk, crocheted and ornamented with cut steel beads in a design of tress with figures dancing below. A star forms the base, with a simple border and…

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  Bag (Bolivia), 19th century

  Small square flat bag with remains of woven shoulder straps. Warp rep stripes of various widths in cream, black and shades of brown alternate with warp-patterned stripes in same colors…

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  Bag (USA), early 19th century

  Small bag knitted in blue silk, interlaced with vertical bands of coral ribbon, also used for draw-string.

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  Bag (France), early 19th century

  Small spade-shaped crocheted purse. Bottom portion contains metal thread with pink and green silks in a floral design. The top is all silk, in reds, pinks and green, in a…

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  Bag (France), early 19th century

  Rectangular bag of white knitted cotton with drawstring top. Design in red beads of a lyre in a dotted field, surrounded on three sides by a border of stylized rosettes.