Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  Sidewall (France), 1901–06

  Rococo revival-style with very large foliage and scroll design with large cluster of roses as major motif. The match is dropped with join occurring at the center of the bouquet.…

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  Textile (France), 1950

  Central column of large bouquets of gladioli in yellow, salmon and green.

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  Textile (Germany), 1928–35

  Exotic floral pattern with sea monster and fish on un-dyed background. 7 colors: 2 purples, yellow, orange, red, green, pink.

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  Sidewall, Baroque Stripe, 1959–60

  Biomorphic bands forming irregular vertical stripes in fire red outlined in fuchsia on a light pink ground.

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  Adinkra Ceremonial Wrapper (Ghana), mid-20th century

  Woman’s cotton wrapper, dyed dark brown and printed with hand-carved stamps in a dark glossy ink. The cloth is divided into a grid of four by seven squares; each square…

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  Wrapper (Ghana), 20th century

  Cotton, dyed dark brown and block-printed in a dark glossy substance, in geometric patterns in groups of three rows, forming rectangles. The motifs are carved on calabashes then stamped on…

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  Textile (Ghana), ca. 1960

  Sample of tied- and stitched-resist patterns, indigo-dyed and partially opened.

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  Textile, Verbena, 1964–66

  Printed in purple, pink, red, orange, green, and brown. Pattern shows an allover abstract floral design.

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  Strip (Ghana), mid- 20th century

  Narrow woven strip with bands of pattern, including stair-steps, interlocking squares, and zig-zags, in black, blue, green, yellow/orange, and dark red. Patterns are formed by alternating warp-faced plain weave with…

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  Strip (Ghana), mid- 20th century

  Narrow woven strip with bands of pattern in black, blue, green, yellow/orange, and dark red. Patterns are formed by alternating warp-faced plain weave with weft-faced plain weave on grouped warps,…