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Valance (Germany), late 18th–early 19th century
Valence with scalloped border in floral printed cotton with the edges bound in blue tape. The pattern has natural-size flowers and leaves in violet, blue, green, yellow, red, and brown…
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Fan Leaf, late 18th century
Fan leaf. Parchment painted in the neoclassical taste. Obverse: grisaille border of swans with swags. Three center panels divided by trompe-l’oeil pleats and smoking brazier motifs. At center, within a…
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Valance (England), ca. 1790
Cotton printed with design of vertical stripes with alternating rows of flowering vines or scattered blooms.
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Valance (Russia), 19th century
Symmetrical design of horse drawn coach in profile on either side of tripartite domed building. Many incidental human and plant forms. White on white with squared mesh ground. Symmetrical vermicular…
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Valance (Greece), 18th–19th century
Wide valance of linen in two parts, joined horizontally by a narrow band of ribbon. Lower half is embroidered with horizontal rows of stylized leaves, almost square in form, alternately…
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Valance (England), 18th century
Long valance-shaped fragment of coarse cotton. Design is incomplete, but shows a large floral motif and foliage. Background is blue and the design is reserved in white with blue accents…
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Embroidered Band (Taiwan), early 20th century
Narrow geometrical border embroidered in red, white, yellow, orange, and green ramie cross-stitch on old black traders’ cotton
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Embroidered Band (Taiwan), 19th–mid-20th century
Broad chevron band embroidered in yellow, orange, and green on black traders’ cotton. Cross-stitch guard border.
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