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Hanging (India), 1700–1750
Hanging with part of one border cut out to shape it to coverlet use. Two large curving sprays with various large, carefully shaded flowers and large curving jagged leaves, and…
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Hanging (China), 19th century
Flying phoenix holding curving sprays of tree peony in deep blue cut velvet on a rectangular foundation of tarnished gold. Border of stylized lotus and leaves reserved in gold on…
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Textile (Albania), late 19th–early 20th century
Horizontal bands of varying widths in heavy white cotton wefts alternating with bands of a much finer open weave with yellow silk wefts. Warp is fine white cotton threads. Three…
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Textile (Albania), late 19th–early 20th century
Two lengths of sheer cotton seamed down longest edge. Spaced bands of lozenges and triangles inlaid with heavier cotton thread. Deep borders edged with openwork bands at either end. Twisted…
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Panel (Albania), 1915
Panel comprised of several lengths with a sheer ground divided by wide, opaque warp stripes into three panels with white continuous geometric pattern in each with touches of red and…
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Hanging, Sailors Take Warning, ca. 1928
Landscape with high sky, in bright pink, blues, green, black silk and off-white chenille wefts, on bright orange warps.
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Hanging, 18th century
Large embroidered panel with a field filled with floral boteh forms and a deep border with open flower heads and curving vines and leaves. The field has an eight-pointed star…
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Hanging, Shells IV, 1957
Four large, white curving shell shapes are inlaid in a dark grey weft satin ground by means of interlocking tapestry. Within the shell shapes, texture and patterning are created by…
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Hanging, The Pigeons, 1958
Long, narrow panel of grey/white ground with three different groups of birds. Bodies of two birds and wings and feet of others are accented by brocading in white, grey, green,…
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Hanging (Italy), 1925–28
Rectangular hanging showing an abstracted figure of a man in profile. Border of long overlapping rectangles. Cut and stitched from wool felt in a wide range of brilliant colors, brown,…
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