Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  Cushion Cover (Greece), 18th century

  Cushion cover of heavy, hand-woven linen, dyed in indigo. Embroidered with red, white and buff silk in a geometric design of star and leaf forms. The motifs have saw-tooth edges,…

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  Cushion Cover (England), 1800–1815

  Square cushion cover of printed cotton velvet with a standing figure of a man in fashionable dress with striped hose and a bicorn hat leaning on a spiral walking stick.…

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  Cushion Cover (England), 1800–1815

  Cushion cover of printed cotton velvet showing a woman in Directoire dress and bonnet, leaning on a parasol. In shades of rosy reds and tans on a blue-green ground, with…

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  Cushion Cover (Italy), 16th–17th century

  Cushion cover in an allover pattern of diamonds and rosettes, tassels on the edge. In red silk on linen.

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  Cushion Cover (Italy), 17th century

  Cushion cover with small tassels in an allover pattern of interlocked octagons containing small blossoms, needlework trimming. In red and yellow silk on linen.

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  Cushion Cover (England), ca. 1900

  Silk embroidery in pale colors on dark blue linen. A horizontally and vertically symmetrical floral pattern in the Morris style.

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  Cushion Cover (Italy), early 17th century

  Two pieces of fabric with blue and yellow embroidery of floral shapes. Component “a” has a length of blue and white linen five-strand braid attached which makes one inch loops…

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  Cushion Cover, Rose Wreath, 19th century

  Design of flowering rose stem surrounded by wreath of oak leaves. Finished on all four sides with fringe in colors used in the embroidery.

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  Cushion Cover (China), 17th century

  Cushion cover of yellow silk tapestry with a radiating design of small chrysanthemums in off-white and blue with touches of red. With birds, scrolls, and other flowers. Lined with yellow…

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  Sampler (Sri Lanka), 1956

  Part of Singalese alphabet above figures of lion and woman carrying pot.