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  • Printing Block (Germany), mid-18th–mid-19th century

    Allover pattern of delicate scrolls and flowers.

  • Bark Cloth, Large panel of tapa cloth, 19th or early 20th century

    Large panel of tapa cloth. Thick white fabric made from beaten bark, painted in rust and brown in design of three rows of rectangles enclosing striated angular forms. Rows are…

  • Mittens, 1950–60

    The black and white wool was mixed during spinning,

  • Tapa Cloth, Tapa cloth panel, ca. 1924

    Square of tapa cloth with pattern in squares filled with diagonal stripes and diamond shapes in horizontal arrangment in shades of dark brown.

  • Bedcover (India)

    The wide border, contained between two narrow guard borders with pattern of delicate flowering vine, exhibits a design of five types of palm trees – the Palmyra palm, banana, coconut,…

  • Tapa Cloth (Samoa), 1895

    Panel with border on all four sides. Design of white diamonds with toothed edges, stylized bird in center of diamonds. Inner border of stylized “butterfly”. Center section is plain except…

  • Sidewall (France), 1825–50

    Groups of putti centered around pedestal, printed in grisaille and set within frame. Suspended from frames are two crossing rings and green swags. Printed on light orange ground. H# 689

  • Tapa Cloth (Samoa), 20th century

    Large rectangular tapa, printed with blocks of geometric diamond and zigzag patterns in reddish-brown in a repeating fashion. Dark brown diamonds, squares and dots are hand-painted and do not repeat.

  • Sample Book (USA), ca. 1915

    179 pages (incl. top borders; not. incl. attached lower borders or fabric swatches) Tapestry, landscape, ingrain and oatmeal papers, many tone on tone. Some sidewalls have matching top and bottom…

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