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  • Waistcoat (England), late 18th–early 19th century

    Short waistcoat in reddish-pink satin with small, dark green cut velvet repeating buds in a heart-shaped framework. Printed cotton facing to fronts in multi-colored stripes and white lotus shapes. Undyed…

  • Flounce (Belgium), 1745–65

    Section of a wide flounce with a design of curving garlands that alternates with a symmetrical framing element. Neptune with a trident alternates with a group of heraldic banners with…

  • Flounce (Belgium), late 17th century

    Brussels-style flounce with references to liquid including a woman sitting on a storm cloud, two exotically dressed people watering a fruit tree and a woman giving her milk to a…

  • Flounce (Italy), 18th century

    Narrow flounce of bobbin lace with a design depicting classical figures amid foliage (Daphne and Apollo?).

  • Sample Sheet (France), 1700–1775

    Sheet of paper pasted with double row of 12 samples of wollen cloth with felted surfaces in reds, greens, browns, grey, and blues. Stamped heading: “LONDRINS SECONDS DE GUILLAUME BESAUCELE…

  • Sample Sheet (France), ca. 1750

    Sheet of paper pasted with a double row of twelve samples of fulled woolen cloth in greens, reds, purples, blue, black, and white. Crudely drawn floral border of brown ink,…

  • Sample Sheet (France), ca. 1750

    Sheet of paper pasted with twelve samples of fulled woolen cloth in greens, orange, red, blue, and browns. Intended for export to the eastern Mediterranean region.

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