Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  Sample Book (USA), 1948

  Contains forty contemporary designs by leading designers. The “Audubon Game Birds” is a photo-lithograph. Includes “Skeletons” by William Justema, “In Line” by Ilonka Karasz.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  Miser’s Purse (France), early 19th century

  Cream colored silk miser’s purse with designs of flowers in cut steel beads. Tassels are made from cut steel loops. Single ring of steel, grooved ornament to fasten purse.

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  Imitation Leather (USA), 1908–10

  Bisymmetrical leaf and plant forms embossed in gold on glazed brown ground.

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  Imitation Leather (USA), 1908–10

  Textured green paper imitating embossed leather. Darker brown pigment rubbed into crevices.

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  Imitation Leather (USA), 1908–10

  Four brown and green stripes with stylized decoration on brown glazed crackled ground. Resembles painted leather.

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  Textile (Laos), 1900–1950

  Three bands of various cloth weaves: plain cloth top border, plain cloth with weft ikat in center band, fancy compound cloth lower border. Wide stright tubular skirt made up of…

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  Miser’s Purse (France), early 19th century

  White silk purse ornamented with cut steel and gold beads in small diamond pattern. Two rings of cut steel in gold control side opening. Twisted gold beads ending in larger…