Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  Drawing, Cypress Trees of Chapultepec, Mexico, March 14, 1892

  Vertical view of a group of trees including the lower portion of an enormous trunk at right and a buttressed wall in the right background. High bottom margin.

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  Drawing, Cypress Trees, Chapultepec, Mexico, February 18, 1892

  Horizontal view of a goup of trees shown against a background of a wood. High bottom margin.

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  Coverlet (USA), 1800–1850

  Blue and white coverlet with a central field of close-set horizontal and vertical repeats of flat, stylized groups of large-scale roses and leaves with rosettes in the interspaces. Bottom border…

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  Shawl (Mexico), late 18th–early 19th century

  Long narrow shawl of cream colored cotton embroidered at the ends and along the sides in colored silks and paillettes in a leaf and bow-knot design. Scalloped ends of netting…

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  Towel End (Mexico), late 19th century

  Colored glass beads strung onto the extended threads and then knotted into a pattern.

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  Edging (France), 19th century

  Lace band with floss flowers sewn at intervals. Loosely worked undyed silk bobbin lace with a scalloped edge dotted with single flowers and a few small knotted tassels of polychrome…

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  Coverlet (India), 17th century

  Indo-European figural groups, plant and animal combinations, in large lobed medallions in horizontal-vertical arrangement on a ground filled with small figures, floral motives, birds and animals. In coarse yellow silk…

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  Coverlet (USA), 1855

  Large complete coverlet in navy blue wool and white cotton with two central wreaths enclosing an eight-pointed star. Surrounding these are an array of floral and bird motifs including eagles…

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  Huipil (Mexico), 1900–1950

  Holiday huipil made up, front and back, of three strips of undyed cotton cloth banded horizontally at regular intervals with small groups of red and dark blue wool pencil stripes.…

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  Huipil (Mexico), 1900–1952

  Everyday huipil made up, front and back, of three lengths of undyed cotton plain weave, joined with a loose embroidered basket weave in colored cottons. A shallow toothed border in…