Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  Embroidered Picture (England), late 17th century

  Small embroidered picture depicting the story of Judith and Holofernes, worked almost entirely in knot stitches on white silk using colored silks and metallic threads. Judith, holding a sword in…

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  Embroidered Picture (England), late 17th century

  Embroidered picture. Two depths: in foreground, a woman with child speak to a bearded man; in background, an angel looks over a landscape with trees, a castle, and a tent…

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  Embroidered Picture, late 17th century

  Embroidered picture. Three depths: in foreground, a landscape with flowers, a pond and animals (from left to right: lion, stag, leopard and unicorn); in middle ground, two women, one holding…

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  Bowl (Iran), 14th century

  Bulbous bowl with wide lip, under which is a decorative band with text. Repeating pomegranate pattern on body.

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  Bowl (China)

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  Bowl (China)

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  Handscreen, late 19th–early 20th century

  Hand screen with a round leaf and carved and pierced wood handle. Silk leaf embroidered with silk showing various bird species among trees and flowering bushes. Two silk tassels.

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  Handscreen, late 19th–early 20th century

  Hand screen with a round leaf and carved and pierced wood frame and handle. Silk leaf embroidered with silk in satin stitch showing peacocks and other birds among flowers. Two…

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  Bowl (Italy), mid-20th century

  Smooth, heavy glass body in form of half clam shell with rim extended horizontally on one side; thin, swirling latticino stripes of opaque red encased in translucent white, fanning out…

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  Bowl (Italy), ca. 1954

  Very thin red clay and hand formed. Funnel-shaped with small flat base; edges sharp, irregularly crimped and irregular in outline. Base is glazed but uncolored. Variegated colored glaze applied in…