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  Sample Book (USA), 1948

  Contains forty contemporary designs by leading designers. The “Audubon Game Birds” is a photo-lithograph. Includes “Skeletons” by William Justema, “In Line” by Ilonka Karasz.

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  Sample Book (France), ca. 1750

  Folded paper with twelve samples in very bright colors mounted on thin board. Probably used for uniforms. Samples are mounted on paper which reads “LONDRINS SECONDS DE LA GRAVETTE MAY…

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  Blueprint, Apartment House, Rue Heine, Facade sur Rue, 1925

  Design for the principal facade of a 7 and an half floor apartment building on Rue Heine. The building’s middle panel is triple fenestrated, and the two side panels are…

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  Blueprint, Apartment house, Rue Heine, Plan du 3e Etage, 1925

  Floor plan for the 3rd floor of the apartment building on Rue Heine. In the design, the rooms are labelled with their function and scale is noted throughout the work.

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  Blueprint, Apartment House, Rue Heine, Plan du Rez de Chaussee, 1925

  Floor plan for the ground floor of the apartment building on Rue Heine. The top half of the diagram shows that a large portion of this space is dedicated to…

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  Sidewall, New Hampshire Flower, 1950

  Network of blue scalloped bands forming rough hexagons which enframe a white flower. Printed on gray ground.

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  Sample Book, Dessins Nouveauté, 1926–27

  Selection of designs with the strong colors and contrasts of the mid-twenties with examples of large bold design and small figured patterns. Samples are bound in boards. Gilt lettering. The…

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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…