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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…

  • Ribbon (France), 18th century

    Narrow ribbon in pinks and greenin a repeated, small-scale striped pattern. Elaborate tassels at either end.

  • Ribbon (France), 1750–1800

    Long strip, widening toward the bottom, of openwork effect formed by silk-wound linen strands bound at intervals by silk warps. Serpentine of green ribbon tied to form small scallops applied…

  • 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…

  • Shawl Border (India), early 20th century

    Shaggy-headed flower sprays with long pointed leaves filling horizontal band in serpentines. Floral guard border with decorated guard strips. In purples, bright turquoise and greens on a tan ground. One…

  • Shawl Border (India), early 20th century

    Close-set horizontal repeat of flowering sprays. Flower and leaf guard band at bottom with decorated guard strips. In purples, bright turqoise and green on a dark tan ground. Long warp…

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