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  • Tzute (man’s Head Cloth) (Guatemala), 20th century

    Two widths of hand-woven red cotton with thin blue stripes joined together. Abstract and stylized image of the double-headed eagle in purple, orange, turquoise and white. Long purple tassels at…

  • Darning Sampler (England), 1800

    Handkerchief embroidered with five darning crosses on sheer linen. The initials FR and HW surmonted by two crowns, and the date 1800 are worked in black silk; the crosses in…

  • Hanging, Pat’s Icon Idea, 1972

    Vertical rectangular hanging with an irregular pointed arch in orange and green on a deep blue background, which defines a light grey center in which a small orange figure floats.…

  • Beaker

    Purple glass beaker. Octogon shape.

  • Darning Sampler (England), 1809

    A white rose on a stem with leaves and buds in the center and surrounded by eight crosses of darning stitches. Hemmed on four sides.

  • Darning Sampler (England), 1785

    Darning sampler with five pattern crosses. Hemmed on all four sides. Five holes were cut from the plain weave foundation fabric and the holes darned to simulate five different weaves;…

  • Handkerchief (Cuba), early–mid-20th century

    Handkerchief with embroidery in a floral design arranged as a border and running in toward the center in points and the monogram “MMB.”

  • Handkerchief (Cuba), early–mid-20th century

    Handkerchief with two rows of hemstitching at border and embroidery in design of two cherubs, floral spray and the initials “MMB.”

  • Darning Sampler, 1811

    Fourteen darning crosses, inset patch in middle with crowned monogram, two inset corners and two decorative embroidered squares.

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