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  • Scenic, Serenade, 1948–50

    The left panel from a set of two panels. A courtyard fantasy. Around a trellised gate children play guitars and other musical instruments. A pavement and wall stretch away at…

  • Scenic, “Le Jardin d’Armide” [The Garden of Armida], 1854

    “a”: Irregular-shaped fragment showing portion of a free-standing arcade with Corinthian columns, around which grow wisteria and other vines in large scale. Across top is trellis with pink roses; “b”…

  • Scenic (China), 1795–1825

    Gray sky background. Bamboo trees. Large central tree with many purple blossoms. Branches, with red fruit, growing from the left. Multi-colored birds and insects. Conventionalized green ground at bottom with…

  • Scenic (China), 1795–1825

    Blue-gray sky background. Different varieties of flowering trees and plants with either white or pink blossoms. A perching owl and multicolored bird. At bottom, on green ground, are rocks and…

  • Scenic (China), 1775–99

    Printed on a pale green background. Darker green ground at bottom. Flowering tree with white blossoms, and large peony plant with white and pale yellow blossoms. Bamboo trees in the…

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

    Center field of large squares of diamonds and trellis patterns in dark brown and natural pile embroidery. Wide border with interlacing pattern on three sides, edged with buttonhole embroidery in…

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