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  • Embroidery Sample, 1875–1900

    Fragment of black, weft-ribbed silk cut at the bottom into three wide shallow scallops, in turn scalloped, with applied section of bottle green velvet; double row of couched gold cord…

  • Fragment (Afghanistan), before 1906

    Scaled and blurred medium-scale geometric design in drimson, gold, rust, white, and green on ground in shades of deep blue. two crimson twill selvedges with paired white pencil stripes.

  • Bowl (Finland), ca. 1954

    Clear, slightly curved, thick-bottomed circular bowl flaring to thin rim.

  • Gloves (Finland), ca. 1875

    Dark red gloves in small, tight stitches with a broad band of addorsed birds with stylized floral motif between in pink and yellow in the palm area. Narrow band between…

  • Cap (Afghanistan), mid-19th century

    Undyed cotton quilted into narrow ribs, possibly over cording. Cording is over embroidery of coarse satin stitches in orange, black, yellow and green in a pattern of various stylized floral…

  • Cap (Afghanistan), 19th century

    Cap decorated with long ovoids surrounded by stylized borders. Multicolored silks are embroidered using coarse satin stitch in purple, pink, yellow and green. Quilted cords make ridges that give stucture…

  • Vase (Finland), 1957

    Dark purple and grey glass

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