Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  Sampler (Morocco), 18th–19th century

  Square of undyed cotton partially filled with sections of borders and designs, some suggestive of Renaissance symmetrical stylized plant borders and some fantastic geometrical symmetrial floral repeats. In faded multicolored…

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  Hanging (India), 1700–1750

  Hanging with part of one border cut out to shape it to coverlet use. Two large curving sprays with various large, carefully shaded flowers and large curving jagged leaves, and…

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  Embroidery (Morocco)

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  Band (Morocco), 18th century

  Natural color linen worked in red silk with the design reserved in the linen outlined in green silk. Details of decoration in green silk. Main design consists of a fountain…

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  Embroidered Band (Taiwan), early 20th century

  Narrow geometrical border embroidered in red, white, yellow, orange, and green ramie cross-stitch on old black traders’ cotton

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  Embroidered Band (Taiwan), 19th–mid-20th century

  Broad chevron band embroidered in yellow, orange, and green on black traders’ cotton. Cross-stitch guard border.

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  Embroidered Band (Taiwan), 19th–mid-20th century

  “Old black traders’ cotton” worked in fine white, orange, yellow, green cross stitch, with geometrical band with stylized floral motives extending from it on lower edge.

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  Breast Plate (Taiwan), 1900–1955

  Diamond-shaped badge with allover continuous lozenge pattern of blue-green, cerise, and purple in weft floats on natural ramie warps. Divided into eight equal parts by rows of close-set traders’ buttons…

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  Hanging (China), 19th century

  Flying phoenix holding curving sprays of tree peony in deep blue cut velvet on a rectangular foundation of tarnished gold. Border of stylized lotus and leaves reserved in gold on…

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  Hanging, Sailors Take Warning, ca. 1928

  Landscape with high sky, in bright pink, blues, green, black silk and off-white chenille wefts, on bright orange warps.