Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  Textile (Portugal), 19th century

  Part of cover or curtain, of cotton striped in blue and white with printed designs in stripes. In blue, a vase with flowers; in white, groups of dogs alternating with…

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  Panel (possibly Portugal), 18th century

  White silk floral damask embroidered with scattered animals, birds and insects in colored silks and metal threads. With an embroidered obelisk surmounted by a coronet with serpents on either side.…

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  Floor Tile (possibly Portugal), 16th–early 17th century

  Square tile of buff clay with thin underfired opaque grayish-white glaze. Underglaze blue painting of diagonally placed heraldic shield with eagle and three pointed arches. Above, helmet with plumes, and…

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  Couture Embroidery Sample (USA), 1960

  Sample of white cotton with an unfinished embroidery design in multi-colored silks and wool of a large paisley motif with a floral border. Paisley motif has a central rosette in…

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  Couture Embroidery Sample (USA), 1960

  Piece of cream-colored rayon embroidered in red silk and beads in a pattern of two crossing bands and a center medallion.

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  Couture Embroidery Sample (USA), 1960

  Piece of black rayon embroidered in colored silk threads and beads in a solid pattern of long, curling leaves.

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  Couture Embroidery Sample (USA), 1960

  Dark rayon velvet appliquéd with a cream-colored silk in a curvilinear shape. Silk design is embroidered and embellished with multi-colored beads in floral and scrolling forms.

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  Textile (Portugal), late 19th century

  Chintz with a brilliant blue ground showing a coarse chinoiserie design in red, yellow, blue, black, brown and green. Two groups of Chinese figures in staggered repeat.

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  Band (Portugal), early 17th century

  Lace band in which ships alternate with mythical sea creatures. With attached border of stylized heart-shaped forms, taken from design by Parasole of 1597.

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  Panel (Portugal), ca. 1600

  Panel of lace with three horizontal bands divided into eight squares each, depicting scenes from the biblical story in which Judith severs Holoferne’s head to save her people. With geometric…