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  • Curtain Panel (China), 19th century

    Allover floral design in polychrome on a natural-colored ground.

  • Dog Figure, 1741

    Figure of a brown-spotted pug with cropped ears and a long tail. Blue collar banded and inscribed in gold “ANO 1741.” Collar secured by padlock.

  • Cat and kitten Figure, late 19th–early 20th century

    Gray, black, and white tabby cat standing on hind legs holds an upraised stick above a mewing kitten lying across its knee, as if in the act of spanking.

  • Sample Book (USA), 1948

    Contains forty contemporary designs by leading designers. The “Audubon Game Birds” is a photo-lithograph. Includes “Skeletons” by William Justema, “In Line” by Ilonka Karasz.

  • Sample Book (France), ca. 1750

    Folded paper with twelve samples in very bright colors mounted on thin board. Probably used for uniforms. Samples are mounted on paper which reads “LONDRINS SECONDS DE LA GRAVETTE MAY…

  • Sample Book, Dessins Nouveauté, 1926–27

    Selection of designs with the strong colors and contrasts of the mid-twenties with examples of large bold design and small figured patterns. Samples are bound in boards. Gilt lettering. The…

  • Goddess Sakhmet Figure, 6th–7th century BC

    Standing in frontal position on flat base, with vertical support at back. Lion’s head with pierced crest. Two cynocephali, representing the god Thoth, attached to legs in crouching position. Figure…

  • Curtain Panel, 18th–early 19th century

    Vertical curtain panel with four broad vertical bands; each filled with a single broad serpentine band in shaded blue with a small blaze in each scallop and with a straight…

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