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Cap Crown, early 20th century
Cap crown of black cotton embroidered in a brilliantly colored large-scale flower design. The embroidery is worked through and almost identical on the reverse. Ticket attached reads: “Mezzo Kevech embroidery,…
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Bed Cover (Uzbekistan), 19th century
Field and border solidly filled with flower heads in orange and magenta, narrow blue-green leaf scrolls; floral guard border around center field and edge.
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Mola (Panama)
Oblong panel of brilliant colored cottons, arranged in form of cut-out and applied techniques to show what appear to be highly stylized bird forms. Outlines of design are cut. Colors…
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Ornament (Panama), possibly 5th century
Pre-Columbian pendant.
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Necklace (Panama), 500–800
Small gold beads, cast, in different shapes and sizes.
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Blouse (Panama), 20th century
On a backing of black cotton, cut-out cottons with red predominating, outline large chunky bird with tree, and scattered angular shapes. This forms body of blouse and is sewn on…
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Blouse (mola) (Panama), 20th century
Woman’s blouse with cut-out cottons in many colors, with red predominating, stitched in reverse-appliqué technique to make a design of long-beaked birds within a labyrinth of abstract shapes. This forms…
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Mola (Panama), 20th century
Crude cut-out shapes in red, buff, blue, orange, etc. applied to black backing which shows through to form outlines. Coarse cotton.
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Cap Crown (Belgium), 18th century
Cap crown of Point d’Alençon with a design of floral garlands framing a central spray and forming an oval. Pattern is interspersed at right and left by an elaborate ribbon.
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Cap Crown (France), 1701–50
Cap crown with a design of large conventionalized leaves, flowers and floral clusters surrounding a central heart-shaped motif.
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