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  • Embroidery Sample, 1875–1900

    Fragment of black, weft-ribbed silk cut at the bottom into three wide shallow scallops, in turn scalloped, with applied section of bottle green velvet; double row of couched gold cord…

  • 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.

  • Darning Sampler (England), 1800

    Handkerchief embroidered with five darning crosses on sheer linen. The initials FR and HW surmonted by two crowns, and the date 1800 are worked in black silk; the crosses in…

  • Darning Sampler (England), 1809

    A white rose on a stem with leaves and buds in the center and surrounded by eight crosses of darning stitches. Hemmed on four sides.

  • Darning Sampler (England), 1785

    Darning sampler with five pattern crosses. Hemmed on all four sides. Five holes were cut from the plain weave foundation fabric and the holes darned to simulate five different weaves;…

  • Ceiling (USA), 1905–15

    Various floral medallions/fleurons with small yellow flowers, foliate vining and beading. Printed in greens, yellow and metallic gold on ribbed ground with white liquid mica overlay. Printed in selvedge: “C&W.”…

  • Ceiling (USA), 1905–15

    Large foliate scroll quatrefoils with floral medallion insets, foliate vining and beading that creates and X pattern, connected by large floral medallions. Printed in tans, tan-pink, green and white liquid…

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