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  • Table Cover (Italy), late 16th–early 17th century

    Table cover edged with insertions of darned net. Insertions in multi-colored silk and metallic thread in floral serpentine.

  • Table Cover (Spain), 18th century

    Cream-colored linen table cover, with wide border designs worked in polychrome silks of pale green, yellow, pale rose, light blue, dark blue and dark green. Edged with border of dark…

  • Table Cover (Spain), 17th century

    Table cover or “paño de ofrenda” of white hand woven linen embroidered in light brown linen thread. Cutwork squares and borders are worked in white and brown thread. Traditional stylized…

  • Table Cover (Spain), 18th century

    Oblong table cover of hand-woven linen of sheer open weave, embroidered in brown and white silk in cross stitch. Allover pattern arranged in squares of highly stylized floral or lily…

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Table Cover (Italy), late 16th–early 17th century

    Large reddish-pink table cover edged around all sides with a deeply scalloped lace in a pattern of rosettes.

  • Table Cover (Italy), 16th–17th century

    Oblong table cover of dark green silk bordered with green net in an appliqued design of foliage in reversed scrolls that terminate in lilies. Applique is natural colored linen embroidered…

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