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Printing Block (India), late 19th–early 20th century
Block of delicately carved wood in an intricate allover design of curved lines connecting circles. Remaining spaces are filled in with a flower and dot design.
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Placemat (USA), 1928
Fine natural linen warp and fine pale orange weft. Loosely woven with heavy off-white weft forming inlay in “Spanish lace” effect.
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Placemat (USA), 1929
Placemat in tan, blue and green with heavier white floss forming uneven borders of narrow stripes on all four sides.
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Placemat (USA), 1930
Placemat with narrow striped borders on left and right sides in orange and red. Orange and red squares in different sizes along the bottom edge.
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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…
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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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Border (Democratic Republic of the Congo), late 19th century
Natural, brown, and rust-red strips of plain woven raffia stitched together on long edges, finished with buttonhole embroidery and raffia pompoms.
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Fragment (Democratic Republic of the Congo), late 19th century
Fragment of bark cloth with a center field of alternating black and natural triangles, with borders on two sides of natural color with a single black stripe in the center.
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