Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  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.…

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  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.…

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  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.

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  Scarf (France), 19th century

  Three cornered lace scarf. Probably Empire style.

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  Frieze (USA), 1890–95

  Imitates a flock paper. Scrollwork and clusters of roses. The scrollwork is silvered. Printed in silver, red and pink on graded cream ground.

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  Scarf (Indonesia), early 20th century

  Narrow length of batik in brown, dark blue, white, and tan.Tumpal motif (row of isosceles triangles) at ends and large sawat or mironj motif (wings of Garuda, mount of Vishnu)…

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  Scarf, 18th–early 19th century

  Long narrow scarf with ends decorated in deep borders that embroidered in red, blue and pale green in a series of geometric designs. Shorts tassels of green, red and blue…

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  Scarf (Near East), 19th century

  Narrow scarf of cream muslin with sides embroidered in silver thread in a design showing detached group of flowers.

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  Frieze (possibly France), 1840

  Almost four complete horizontal repeats of a Gothic arch of stone elaborately carved and heavily enriched with flowers and plant forms. Printed in white and brownish-green on pale green ground.

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  Frieze (France), 1840–45

  A band of alternating oval and rectangular medallions along the upper edge. Below this a long enframed medallion stretching horizontally. Foliate clusters interrupt the latter from above and below at…