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  Textile (Laos), 1900–1950

  Three bands of various cloth weaves: plain cloth top border, plain cloth with weft ikat in center band, fancy compound cloth lower border. Wide stright tubular skirt made up of…

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  Sugar Bowl And Lid (USA), 1825–50

  Ovoid body on spreading foot, with bead edging and fret band; two scrolled handles. Cover in concave tiers, with figure of standing Chinese holding a bamboo staff. Engraved on one…

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  Sugar Bowl And Lid (Italy), ca. 1800

  Four-lobed oval plan with curved walls. Four-lobed dome cover with knob shape of a hip and leaf. Blue-gray body. Bowl and cover each decorated with two oval medallions with polychromed…

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  Brooch (France), ca. 1830–40

  In the form of three berries, with gold leaves and stems. Eleven diamonds, fifty-eight rubies. One loose berry was repaired in 1957 (see object card for details).

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  Brooch

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  Brooch

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  Textile (Albania), late 19th–early 20th century

  Horizontal bands of varying widths in heavy white cotton wefts alternating with bands of a much finer open weave with yellow silk wefts. Warp is fine white cotton threads. Three…

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  Textile (Albania), late 19th–early 20th century

  Two lengths of sheer cotton seamed down longest edge. Spaced bands of lozenges and triangles inlaid with heavier cotton thread. Deep borders edged with openwork bands at either end. Twisted…

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  Panel (Albania), 1915

  Panel comprised of several lengths with a sheer ground divided by wide, opaque warp stripes into three panels with white continuous geometric pattern in each with touches of red and…

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  Border (Democratic Republic of the Congo), late 19th century

  Long narrow band made from two shorter pieces stitched together. All natural raffia color, in a creamy tone. Three pattern areas of geometric interlacing of alternating bands of textured pile…