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Sampler (Morocco), 18th–19th century
Square of undyed cotton partially filled with sections of borders and designs, some suggestive of Renaissance symmetrical stylized plant borders and some fantastic geometrical symmetrial floral repeats. In faded multicolored…
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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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Band (Morocco), 18th century
Natural color linen worked in red silk with the design reserved in the linen outlined in green silk. Details of decoration in green silk. Main design consists of a fountain…
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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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