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  • wooden chair with needlepoint upholstery Armchair, 1690–95

    Tall back with straight molded enframement sides and bottom, shaped at top. Crest of pierced volutes and scrolls. Slender arms, scrolled and raked at the knuckles, on turned supports. Flat…

  • Textile (USA), ca. 1942

    Small sample of dark blue silk printed with mottled green dots.

  • Sidewall, Crystals, 1953

    Assortment of large and small widely spaced crystals or snowflakes outlined in black. Some are colored green or blue. Printed on white ground.

  • Woven Pattern (China), 19th century

    Green satin ground with horizontal pattern of flowers and butterflies in purple, blue and yellow silk.

  • Frieze (France), 1800–1805

    Dado pattern of five brightly-colored horizontal bandings. Bottom to top: 1) narrow gold and brown geometric architectural border; 2) gray diamonds; 3) principal banding – pale blue marbleized ground with…

  • Reading chair Armchair, ca. 1720–30

    Form with square tapering seat and tall narrow back upholstered in dark brown nailed leather; back with horizontal U-curved arms at top fitted with hinged, adjustable wooden book rest on…

  • Armchair (China (for export)), ca. 1815

    Armchair, square in plan, constructed entirely of bamboo except for caned seat. Back designed with small rectangular openings, each filled with tiny open motif. Similar worked details beneath armrest and…

  • Textile, Engraving, 1964–66

    Printed in green on white. Pattern shows elaborate variations of a heart shape, treaded in a concentric manner; symmetric all-over pattern.

  • Rosalie Armchair, design: 1850; Crest decoration design: 1849

    A) Upholstered, laminated rosewood back, topped by carved flowers-and-fruit garland. Back frame formed of inverted U-shaped scroll at top and serpentine section at bottom. Serpentine arms join back frame with…

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