Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  Sleeve (Philippines), late 19th–early 20th century

  Straight panels intended for sleeves with a small appliquéd and embroidered floral design. A wide border shows a vine pattern along with a flower and vine pattern of appliqué pina…

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  Imitation Leather (USA), 1908–10

  Bisymmetrical leaf and plant forms embossed in gold on glazed brown ground.

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  Imitation Leather (USA), 1908–10

  Textured green paper imitating embossed leather. Darker brown pigment rubbed into crevices.

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  Imitation Leather (USA), 1908–10

  Four brown and green stripes with stylized decoration on brown glazed crackled ground. Resembles painted leather.

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  Sleeve (Philippines), 1901–25

  Fine sheer piña cloth ground. Scattered with tiny white embroidered floral motifs; deep border of white embroidered drawnwork with symmetrical design of lobed medallions enclosing ribboned wreath encircling flower arrangement.…

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  Sleeve (Philippines), 1901–25

  Fine sheer piña cloth embroidered in white cotton with curving vertical arabesque lines. Setting off areas alternately embroidered with tiny flowers and with groups of dots. Deep scalloped border with…

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  Sleeve (Philippines), 1901–25

  Fine sheer piña cloth embroidered in white cotton with curving vertical arabesque lines. Setting off areas alternately embroidered with tiny flowers and with groups of dots. Deep scalloped border with…

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  Imitation Leather (Japan), ca. 1885

  Diaper of tiny close-set beads.

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  Imitation Leather (Japan), ca. 1885

  Close-set diaper of very small circles. Resembles lizard skin in the over-all apearance. Painted black.

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  Imitation Leather (Japan), ca. 1885

  Vertical rectangle. Approximately twenty emblems of different shapes arranged at random. Several of the motifs occur twice with either coloring or direction changed. Geometrical, foliate and mask designs are included.…