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  • Purse (France), early 18th century

    Small sheild-shaped purse of yellow silk satin damask embroidered in design of arabesques worked in silver thread with flowers in pink, blue and green silk, with the same design on…

  • Frieze, Somerset House, 1940

    Design in classic style simulating architectural ornament and showing a horizontal band of curving reeded forms strung side by side on a rod, with leaf swags below enclosing half rosettes.…

  • Frieze, Somerset House, 1940

    Design in classic style simulating architectural ornament and showing a horizontal band of curving reeded forms strung side by side on a rod, with leaf swags below enclosing half rosettes.…

  • Purse (Spain), late 17th century

    Flat rectangular bag of heavy green satin, embroidered in gold and silver metallic yarns and coral-colored silk. On one side the pious pelican is plucking her breast to provide sustenance…

  • Pinch Drinking Glass, 1950

    Heavy clear colorless swelling body pinched at base to form concave panels which resolve into a circular single form 2/3 the distance to the slightly flaring lip. Foot ground into…

  • Flare Drinking Glass, 1950

    Cylindrical body of transparent bluish bubbly glass flares outward to a slightly thickened lip.

  • Flame Drinking Glass, 1950

    Clear colorless swelling body, the heavy foot rotated through 45-degrees to form four curving concave panels which resolve into a circular form 2/3 the distance to the slightly thickened lip.

  • Frieze (USA), 1885–89

    Large bunches of pink carnations repeat horizontally above a continuous wave. Design richly laid with gold leaf. Floral bands at bottom. Graded cream and brown ground. Gold leaf.

  • Purse (France), 1910–20

    Oblong bag of colored glass beads in dark reddish-brown, gold, green and red, in a design of geometric bands. Fringe of beads at bottom. Gold-colored metal frame at top engraved…

  • Purse, late 18th–early 19th century

    Flat bag of white silk taffeta, embroidered on both sides with colored silks and metal threads; front, basket of flowers; back, flower spray with bird. Trimmed with narrow gold lace.…

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