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  • Band (Greece), 17th century

    Fragment of border, cream linen ground embroidered in red, green, white and black silk. Highly stylized plant forms with birds and stags confronted. Narrow guard borders.

  • Embroidery (Greece), late 19th century

    Horizonal panel with deep border embroidered in row of large flowering wreaths in blues, blue-greens, shades of rust; touches of white, black and yellow whithin the guard strips; similar wreath…

  • Purse (Greece), 1920s

    Flat square purse with top snap opening and gilded metal chain for carrying, beige satin lining and fittings. Made from the sleeve of a peasant woman’s blouse of the 19th…

  • Altar Frontal (Italy), 16th century

    Large altar frontal with insertion bands of punto in aria in a reticella style showing an allover pattern of curving lines. Matching border with very deep points.

  • Altar Frontal (Italy), 16th–17th century

    Heavy linen altar frontal with a wide border showing a large-scale design of blossoms or pomegranates within curving circular bands reserved in linen. Narrow border of simple strapwork in the…

  • Altar Frontal (Italy), 17th century

    Small altar frontal with five perpendicular strips of drawn work with a darned pattern of pomegranates and larger leaves in a vine design. Bottom and edge trimmed with narrow bobbin…

  • Beaker (Sweden), 1760

    Tall flaring body with punched lambrequin motif above engraved shell and scroll band and initials E.H.S. Wavy relief band at top and bottom. Flaring gadrooned foot, with traces of gilding.…

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