Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  Pillow For Making Bobbin Lace (Belgium), 19th century

  ‘Pillow’ for making bobbin lace in two parts with 24 bobbins of turned posts and drawer in base.

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  Border (China), 19th century

  Valance or border in heavy white cotton embroidered in blue cotton with a main design of a crow in flight appearing between two sprays of fruit-bearing branches. Flowers, butterflies and…

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  Beaker (Sweden), 1760

  Tall flaring body with punched lambrequin motif above engraved shell and scroll band and initials E.H.S. Wavy relief band at top and bottom. Flaring gadrooned foot, with traces of gilding.…

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  Print (France & England)

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  Sidewall, Palm Lattice, 1947–51

  a) Lattice of diagonal bamboo stalks, at the intersections of which are four formalized palm leaf motifs. Gray on pearl gray; b) same bamboo and palm leaf motifs are used…

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  Drawing, details of male figures, ca. 1885

  Vertical rectangle. Above: studies of male figures, emphasizing the legs. Below, left: bust-length study of a man blowing a trumpet, facing right in profile.

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  Drawing, Boy playing a lute, 1871–72

  Vertical rectangle. A young man in costume, seated, facing left, his head shown almost in profile. He plays a mandolin. At right, detail of hand holding the bow of the…

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  Beaker (Sweden), ca. 1946

  Straight, flaring body on flaring foot. Royal blue tone on edge and inside bottom, fading out toward middle. Encased decoration of gray semicircles, bell flowers and dots.

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  Drawing, Portrait Sketch of a Young Woman, ca. 1885

  Bust-length portrait of a young woman, turned toward the right, her head shown full-face looking at the viewer.

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  Drawing, Study of Drapery “Fortune”, ca. 1877

  Study of drapery beneath the feet of the figure; below: Study of drapery. Signed and inscribed, lower left: “E. Vedder drapery / study for “Fortune” owned / by Charles Keck.”