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  Sample Book (USA), 1948

  Contains forty contemporary designs by leading designers. The “Audubon Game Birds” is a photo-lithograph. Includes “Skeletons” by William Justema, “In Line” by Ilonka Karasz.

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  Sample Book (France), ca. 1750

  Folded paper with twelve samples in very bright colors mounted on thin board. Probably used for uniforms. Samples are mounted on paper which reads “LONDRINS SECONDS DE LA GRAVETTE MAY…

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  Apron (Romania), early 20th century

  Flat panel of coarse stiff wool, woven in a plaid design of red, blue and green. Horizontal bands embroidered in silver (now tarnished) with additional areas in colored wools. Stylized…

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  Blueprint, Apartment House, Rue Heine, Facade sur Rue, 1925

  Design for the principal facade of a 7 and an half floor apartment building on Rue Heine. The building’s middle panel is triple fenestrated, and the two side panels are…

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  Blueprint, Apartment house, Rue Heine, Plan du 3e Etage, 1925

  Floor plan for the 3rd floor of the apartment building on Rue Heine. In the design, the rooms are labelled with their function and scale is noted throughout the work.

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  Blueprint, Apartment House, Rue Heine, Plan du Rez de Chaussee, 1925

  Floor plan for the ground floor of the apartment building on Rue Heine. The top half of the diagram shows that a large portion of this space is dedicated to…

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  Sidewall, New Hampshire Flower, 1950

  Network of blue scalloped bands forming rough hexagons which enframe a white flower. Printed on gray ground.

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  Sample Book, Dessins Nouveauté, 1926–27

  Selection of designs with the strong colors and contrasts of the mid-twenties with examples of large bold design and small figured patterns. Samples are bound in boards. Gilt lettering. The…

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  Textile (Romania), 18th–19th century

  Rectangle of plaid with broad central vertical blue band and widely spaced horizontal and vertical stripes in green, yellow, blue, white, on a dark red ground. Horizontal band near bottom…

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  Band (Romania), 18th–19th century

  Rectangular piece for a cap with a double row of close-set medium scale floriated crosses in green, yellow, blue, tan and black silks with alternating silver or black centers on…