Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  Headcovering (France), 19th century

  Shaped head scarf or fall cap of black Chantilly-style lace, with a floral motif in the center and at each end with flowering sprays and ribbons filling spaces, within a…

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  Square (Iran), 19th century

  Pink and yellow flowers on a net ground.

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  Square, 18th century

  Coat of arms of a Bishop of the Franciscan Order (Cross, crossed arms with stigmata, above a black bird on a mount against a blue ground) with Bishop’s hat (green…

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  Vase (France), ca. 1895

  Ovoid body diminishing to neck which flares outward then diminishes again to base of slightly flared lip. Etched decoration of apple blossoms, leaves, and twigs in reddish brown over a…

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  Vase (England), ca. 1910

  Ovoid body with wide straight neck and flared foot, both bearing etched bands of loop decoration in white to red overlay. Body bears a blackberry branch in white to red…

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  Pleated Fan, 1820–1830

  Double paper leaf with gilded hand-colored etching.Obverse: scene of three women with a lyre. Possibly an operatic scene. Reverse: plain paper with small gold ornamentation. Carved bone sticks with metallic…

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  Vase (Italy), late 19th century

  Figure of seated cat, upturned tail forming handle; top of head open; exterior body glazed black, eyes yellow, muzzle white. Interior clear-glazed over light cream body.

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  Square (Near East), late 19th century

  Square of sheer cream-colored cotton, embroidered on all four sides with colored silks and metal thread. Design of detached motifs: an island with trees; and a galley with oars raised…

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  Pleated Fan, 19th century

  Folding fan with a leaf of white bobbin lace with swirling floral patterns. Sticks of plain mother-of-pearl, with a wide white silk ribbon.

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  Square (Germany), 14th century

  Fragment from an altar frontal in coarse cream-colored linen embroidered in silk in red, light green, light blue, and white. In the center field, the Crucifixion: Christ on the cross…