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  • Dress Panel (France), 1909

    Side panel from the wedding dress of Mme. Hector Guimard (née Adeline Oppenheim), embroidered in ivory silk on silk net of the same color. The panel is arranged to fasten…

  • Dress Panel (France), 1780–89

    Pale blue satin embroidered in colored silks with accents of brilliants and trimmed with lace. Parts of the design are outlined using white feathers. Small detached flower clusters on body,…

  • Dress Panel (France), 1780–89

    Long shaped panel from the left side of a robe. Pale blue satin embroidered in colored silks with accents of brilliants and paper roses. Parts of the design are outlined…

  • Dress Panel (France), 1780–89

    Long shaped panel from the left side of a robe. Pale blue satin embroidered in colored silks with accents of brilliants and paper roses. Parts of the design are outlined…

  • Sidewall, Giraffes, 1953

    Similar to a bandbox paper of the 1830s. Medallion has large giraffe with two oriental figures pulling at its bridle reins. This alternates vertically with small medallion of a lion-like…

  • Sample (USA), ca. 1950

    Woven sample with horizontal stripes of tans, greens and bright fuchsia. Warp is white silk; wefts are thin tan, off-white, and fuchsia chenille, bright green synthetic yarn, very thick yellow-green…

  • 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…

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

    Long band composed of three shorter pieces stitched together. All-over embroidery in irregularly interlaced pattern of bands striped in three shades of brown. One selvage present, other long edge cut…

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