Search Demo: Museum Collection

• 

  Sidewall (Sweden), ca. 1940

  Design of overlapping fern leaves in silver and white on gray ground.

• 

  Apron (Spain), 18th century

  Apron for an altar figure in pink satin embroidered in silver thread. With 1949-83-2 forms costume for figure of Infant Jesus.

• 

  Apron (Romania), early 20th century

  Flat panel of coarse stiff wool, woven in a plaid design of red, blue and green. Horizontal bands embroidered in silver (now tarnished) with additional areas in colored wools. Stylized…

• 

  Apron (Italy), 1906–10

  Long apron of fine white linen trimmed at sides and bottom with border of needle lace. Gathered at top into narrow band, finished with minute leaves of the same; long…

• 

  Sidewall (Sweden), ca. 1950

  Horizontal rows of white and red squares in outline, overlapping in such a way as to give an interlocked appearance. Small figures on blue-gray ground.

• 

  Sidewall (Sweden), 1949–50

  Freely drawn white squares and dark green horizontal lines in nine vertical drop-repeating columns, on pale green ground.

• 

  Sidewall (Sweden), ca. 1948–50

  Horizontal rows of geometrical, non-representational figures outlined in dark brown. Small figures, on blue-gray ground.

• 

  Miser’s Purse, early 19th century

  Miser’s purse worked in bebilla or oya with very small flowers and leaves on green mesh. Two covered rings as slides for purse.

• 

  Miser’s Purse, early 19th century

  Small netted purse in dark brown silk with cut steel beads in floral design. Looped tassels of cut steel beads at each end; single steel ring.

• 

  Miser’s Purse (France), 1830–60

  Knitted miser’s purse of tan silk with cut steel beads, with beaded tassel at rounded end and bead loop fringe at flat end. Plain cut steel rings to fasten.