Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  Sash (France), late 18th century

  Sash of sky-blue ribbon patterned with a broad central band with a symmetrical repeat of stylized heart and arabesque forms in blue, coral, and cream warp floats. Hanging decorations are…

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  Sash (USA)

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  Embroidered Picture (England), late 17th century

  Small embroidered picture depicting the story of Judith and Holofernes, worked almost entirely in knot stitches on white silk using colored silks and metallic threads. Judith, holding a sword in…

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  Embroidered Picture (England), late 17th century

  Embroidered picture. Two depths: in foreground, a woman with child speak to a bearded man; in background, an angel looks over a landscape with trees, a castle, and a tent…

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  Embroidered Picture, late 17th century

  Embroidered picture. Three depths: in foreground, a landscape with flowers, a pond and animals (from left to right: lion, stag, leopard and unicorn); in middle ground, two women, one holding…

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  Sash (France)

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  Embroidered Picture (Italy), 16th century

  Panel, almost square, of elaborate embroidery in silk and gold on ground of dark green satin. Central oval with embroidered pictorial representation of the “Adoration of the Christ Child,” white…

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  Sash (Guatemala), 1925–50

  Narrow stripes of green and yellow and dark blue with white ikat patterning on red ground. Short plaited warp fringe at each end.

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  Sash (Guatemala), 1925–50

  Tightly-woven dark red plain weave cloth with double warps and triple wefts. Four wide bands of geometical patterning at each end in deep yellow, green, and blue. Deep twisted warp…

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  Ornament, Christmas Tree (USA), 1850–99

  White whistles with pink and black dots.