Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  Table Mat (Italy), 17th century

  Table mat edged at either side with a wide border showing peacocks.

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  Bag (France), late 18th century

  Bag of white cotton printed with a basket of fruit and flowers on each side, with a strawberry vine border and a narrow egg-and-dart border. Drawstring top with silk cord…

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  Bag (France), 19th century

  Tall white cap, or hat, off white cotton. Wider at top, shaped to fit forehead at bottom, and folds flat. Quilted and heavily padded; back, design of white ridges that…

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  Bag, 19th century

  Bag knitted in stockinette stitch, with a drawstring at the top; now open at bottom. Deep band of decoration in red and blue on a white ground. Three tassels attached…

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  Bag (Italy), 18th century

  Knitted bag of rose colored silk with a geometric design; with rose ribbon upper edge and handles.

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  Table Mat, late 19th century

  Table mat of off-white linen, approximately round with scalloped edges. Embroidered in pale greens, pinks, red and off-white silks with a cipher entwined with two pink roses. Border of small…

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  Table Mat, late 19th century

  White linen tray or table mat of natural-colored linen, scalloped to a shape approximately oval, the edge buttonholed in white silk. multi-colored linen and silk embroidery of purple, yellow and…

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  Bag (USA), early 20th century

  Purse of black silk, crocheted and ornamented with cut steel beads in a design of tress with figures dancing below. A star forms the base, with a simple border and…

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  Bag (Bolivia), 19th century

  Small square flat bag with remains of woven shoulder straps. Warp rep stripes of various widths in cream, black and shades of brown alternate with warp-patterned stripes in same colors…

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  Table Mat (USA), ca. 1937

  Cream silk table mat with borders of broad and narrow bands of silver. Hand-hemmed on short edges. Woven in so-called summer and winter weave.