Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  Fragment (Afghanistan), before 1906

  Scaled and blurred medium-scale geometric design in drimson, gold, rust, white, and green on ground in shades of deep blue. two crimson twill selvedges with paired white pencil stripes.

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  Cap (Afghanistan), mid-19th century

  Undyed cotton quilted into narrow ribs, possibly over cording. Cording is over embroidery of coarse satin stitches in orange, black, yellow and green in a pattern of various stylized floral…

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  Cap (Afghanistan), 19th century

  Cap decorated with long ovoids surrounded by stylized borders. Multicolored silks are embroidered using coarse satin stitch in purple, pink, yellow and green. Quilted cords make ridges that give stucture…

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  Drawing (Brazil)

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  Sample Book, Justema Wallpatterns, 1968

  Sample book containing 21 patterns (in multiple colorways) including nine floral, seven geometric, one imitating tile, one panel, one shell pattern, one imitating drapery and one novelty employing tatoo designs.…

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  Scarf (Afghanistan), 20th century

  Resist pattern of a series of squares containing “butahs” or cone shapes. Borders of the squares contain a curving vine pattern. Pattern is yellow on dark green and within each…

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  Woman’s Robe (munisak) (Afghanistan), late 19th century

  Woman’s coat with full skirt gathered into the waist seam, asymmetrical front opening, and long sleeves which narrow to the wrist, made of silk warp ikat in bright colors of…

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  Sampler (Sri Lanka), 1956

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

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  Poster, 123 Infinity

  Fantastic mirror image of abstract landscape in lavender, yellow, green, red, and blue; with text at center, also in mirror image.

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  Drawing, Textile Design, 1968–73

  Vertical cloud bands composed of various patterns, in red, yellow, pink, green and white.