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  • wooden chair with needlepoint upholstery Armchair, 1690–95

    Tall back with straight molded enframement sides and bottom, shaped at top. Crest of pierced volutes and scrolls. Slender arms, scrolled and raked at the knuckles, on turned supports. Flat…

  • Sidewall (France), 1950

    Chintz pattern: Stylized floral and foliate motifs printed in blues, greens and yellows on pink ground.

  • Stole (France), 1915–20

    Long stole with triangular middle-section ending in elaborate tassel of metal, jet and silk. Pink velvet with “batiked” effect in purple. At either end, printed border of sylized flower forms…

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  • Sidewall, Spanish Geraniums, ca. 1951

    Brightly colored pink and red geraniums growing on vining stems. Printed on white ground.

  • Reading chair Armchair, ca. 1720–30

    Form with square tapering seat and tall narrow back upholstered in dark brown nailed leather; back with horizontal U-curved arms at top fitted with hinged, adjustable wooden book rest on…

  • Printing Seal (Costa Rica), 15th century

    Small reddish-brown cylinder in a high-relief of a simple running fret pattern which may represent snakes. Inside each of the frets is a head with two eyes, each one slightly…

  • Armchair (China (for export)), ca. 1815

    Armchair, square in plan, constructed entirely of bamboo except for caned seat. Back designed with small rectangular openings, each filled with tiny open motif. Similar worked details beneath armrest and…

  • Rosalie Armchair, design: 1850; Crest decoration design: 1849

    A) Upholstered, laminated rosewood back, topped by carved flowers-and-fruit garland. Back frame formed of inverted U-shaped scroll at top and serpentine section at bottom. Serpentine arms join back frame with…

  • Vase (USA), 1904

    A dark blue and black vase with a larger opening, decorated with one peacock feather on the front. From ledger: Elongated ovoid vase tapering to short neck which tapers slightly…

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