Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  Nightcap (France), 18th century

  Tall man’s cap of brilliant yellow silk embroidered with floral vines in silver metallic yarns. Lower edge turns up in the bicorne style.

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  Band (Peru), ca. 1000–1200

  Strip of un-dyed cotton cloth with band containing angular scrolls in cloth weave on twined background; guard strips; cord selvage on one side, to which is hand-sewn fringed border.

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  Tassel (Peru), 1000–1200

  Large tassel with long heavy twisted red wool fringes and wool yarn stretched in 1/4″ band of white, red, green, yellow over the top of the core, and a thick…

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  Band (Peru), 11th–12th century

  Long narrow wool band with series of “S” repeats, series of angular scroll repeats, and series of rectangular repeats made up of triangles, in dark green, red, white; framed top…

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  Turban Band, Turban Band, 11th–12th century

  Narrow slit tapestry strip with adjacent diagonal stepped repeats in white, rose reds, browns, golden yellow. One end finished with attached long tassel of brown wool yarns joined at top…

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  Band (Peru), 1000–1200

  Narrow woolen tape with simplified “S” repeats, sometimes turning into scrolls, sometimes with single curve; replaced 1/3 way through with strip of five diamonds with dot in center of each.…

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  Nightcap (France), ca. 1730

  Man’s nightcap with a rounded crown and turned-up brim. The fabric has a green silk satin ground with a woven pattern of flowers and arabesques in cream silk. The brim…

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  Mantle Fragment (Peru), 400–100 BC

  Fragment of a mantle with close-set horizontal rows of stylized warriors’ heads, each with different headdress and color combinations. In the top row, upright front-facing heads alternate with upside down…

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  Figure (Peru), 16th century

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  Nightcap (France), 18th century

  Man’s nightcap made of four panels of undyed ribbed cotton with fairly deep cuff, piped along four seams and top of cuff with blue silk; topped with silk and metallic…