Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  Cake Plate, mid- 19th century

  Dark blue ground with gilded floral relief ornament.

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  Textile (Cote d’Ivoire), 1964

  Panel composed of eight strips sewn side-to-side. An overall checkerboard pattern of deep blue and white is accented with multicolored horizontal stripes and supplementary weft patterns.

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  Wrapper (Ivory Coast), mid-20th century

  Panel formed of eleven narrow strips, each 3 3/4 inches wide, sewn together. Each strip is patterned by a 17 inch section of narrow blue and white stripes alternating with…

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  Sampler (Sri Lanka), 1956

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

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  Flash Brunch Service Cake Plate, ca. 1987

  Plate is triangular with rounded sides; well is cream with borders decorated black and blue checkerboard, orange and black stripes, light green, yellow, pink, and panels of purple at corners.

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  Skirt (Ivory Coast), late 19th–early 20th century

  A woman’s ceremonial skirt in tubular form made from woven raffia. Patterned by tied resist dying in ocher, red, and dark brown. The main body has four rows of red…

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  Cake Plate (Germany), 1920–40

  Circular plate with raised bottom rim. White background with gilding on the edge. A large flame-like grouping of flowers in yellow, red, green, purple, tan, and gray surrounded symmetrically on…

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  Cake Plate (Germany), 1920–40

  Circular plate with raised bottom rim and slightly concave center. Black outside edge with interior concentric circles of: burgundy, orange, a wide yellow, orange, and finally a round yellow center.

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  Cake Plate (Germany), 1920–40

  Circular plate with raised bottom rim and slightly concave center. Black outside edge with interior concentric circles of: burgundy, orange, a wide yellow, orange, and finally a round yellow center.

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  Cake Plate (Germany), 1920–40

  Circular plate with raised bottom rim and slightly concave center. Black outside edge with interior concentric circles of: burgundy, orange, a wide yellow, orange, and finally a round yellow center.