Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  Handscreen, late 19th–early 20th century

  Hand screen with a round leaf and carved and pierced wood handle. Silk leaf embroidered with silk showing various bird species among trees and flowering bushes. Two silk tassels.

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  Handscreen, late 19th–early 20th century

  Hand screen with a round leaf and carved and pierced wood frame and handle. Silk leaf embroidered with silk in satin stitch showing peacocks and other birds among flowers. Two…

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  Handscreen, mid- 19th–early 20th century

  Handscreen with a curving handle of gilded wood, with one end wrapped in red silk. Translucent (mica?)leaf is painted in white with loose hatching and vase pattern. Radiating framework of…

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  Handscreen, 19th century

  Handscreen with octogonal leaf and carved ivory handle. Cream-colored silk gauze leaf has a design of flowering plants, birds and insects, formed from kingfisher and other feathers. The frame is…

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  Handscreen, late 19th century

  Handscreen with a round silk leaf, loosely painted with a carp in green water. Chinese characters at lower right. Carved wood handle.

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  Handscreen, late 19th–early 20th century

  Handscreen with possibly straw woven handle and leaf of white feathers, some curled.

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  Handscreen, early 20th century

  Handscreen in a semi-circular form. Pierced parchment leaf with an oval center medallion with a gilded two-headed bird with red beaks and feathers outlined in black, surrounded by gilt scroll…

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  Sidewall, Leafstalk, 1967–69

  Three vertical stripes, each a configuration of large round-ended leaf forms. One lavender, one blue, one bright green stripe.

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  Border (France), 1795–1825

  Multi-colored flowers and foliage of assorted variety. At the bottom of the border is a narrow band containing a garland hung with small scale flowers and crosses. The effect is…

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  Poster, Admit One, 1967

  Poster in form of a ticket with black text that reads: ADMIT ONE and numbers to accompany. Graphics are in pink and blue with rows of geometric shapes on yellow…