Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  Huipil (Mexico), 1900–1950

  Holiday huipil made up, front and back, of three strips of undyed cotton cloth banded horizontally at regular intervals with small groups of red and dark blue wool pencil stripes.…

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  Huipil (Mexico), 1900–1952

  Everyday huipil made up, front and back, of three lengths of undyed cotton plain weave, joined with a loose embroidered basket weave in colored cottons. A shallow toothed border in…

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  Box, Jenny Lind Paper Doll Set, ca. 1850

  Cardboard box that contains the Jenny Lind paper doll and costumes.

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  Box (Italy), 18th century

  rectangular wooden box, on oiutside covered with gold-tooled leather; sprigs of flowers on sides and surrounding raised central panel of cover, which in center bears coat-of-arms flanked by two quatrefoils,…

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  Box

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  Box (USA), early 19th century

  Rectangular box with hinged cover domed from front to back. Ring bail handle on top of cover and hasp fastener, with staple broken off. Box is painted black with floral…

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  Box (USA), early 19th century

  Rectangular box with hinged cover domed from front to back. Ring bail handle on cover, and hinged harp fastening. Painted black with horizontal band of dull gray and upper half…

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  Huipil (Guatemala), 1900–1950

  Huipil made of three lengths stitched together. Dark blue cotton cloth with double warps and double wefts covered in long red floats. Design of triangles and diamonds in blue, green,…

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  Huipil (Guatemala), 1900–1950

  Undyed cotton huipil with triple warps and triple wefts. Group of narrow stripes up center front and back formed by joined inner selvages. Deep band of brocaded and embroidered decoration…

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  Huipil (Guatemala), 1900–1950

  Warp-faced plain weave with narrow vertical stripes in varying widths in yellow, brown, mauve and red. Shoulder band of close-set repeat of ruffled bird standing on rosette in mauve and…