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  • Apron (Spain), 18th century

    Apron for an altar figure in pink satin embroidered in silver thread. With 1949-83-2 forms costume for figure of Infant Jesus.

  • 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.

  • Apron (Romania), early 20th century

    Flat panel of coarse stiff wool, woven in a plaid design of red, blue and green. Horizontal bands embroidered in silver (now tarnished) with additional areas in colored wools. Stylized…

  • Apron (Italy), 1906–10

    Long apron of fine white linen trimmed at sides and bottom with border of needle lace. Gathered at top into narrow band, finished with minute leaves of the same; long…

  • 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…

  • Apron (France), early 18th century

    Short wide apron of white embroidered in silver thread, rose, violet and white. Design is a large central flower spray of carnation and lily with leaves in silver thread. Corner…

  • Apron (France), early 18th century

    Cream white apron embroidered in colored silks and gold and silver thread. Design shows three offset rows of heavy rose buds with curving stems and leaves. Between each rose bud…

  • 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…

  • Apron (Italy), 17th century

    White linen apron pleated into a narrow band at the top. The sides and lower half of the apron are decorated with squares of cut work with needle-lace fillings alternating…

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