Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  Cap Streamers (Belgium), early 18th century

  Cap streamers in design showing vertical arrangement of floral ornaments with flowers and leaves at either side and filling in spaces between the main ornaments.

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  Embroidery

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  Embroidery

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  Tile (Germany), 16th century

  Within an arched niche are St. Martin and the Beggar. At base are strapwork, pendants, masks, grotesques, and seven figures symbolizing the three ecclesiastical and four cardinal virtues: Faith, Hope,…

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  Pleated Fan, 1820–1830

  Double paper leaf with gilded hand-colored etching.Obverse: scene of three women with a lyre. Possibly an operatic scene. Reverse: plain paper with small gold ornamentation. Carved bone sticks with metallic…

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  Pleated Fan, 19th century

  Folding fan with a leaf of white bobbin lace with swirling floral patterns. Sticks of plain mother-of-pearl, with a wide white silk ribbon.

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  Pillow Cover (Italy), 16th century

  Oblong pillow cover of heavy cream-colored linen embroidered in red and cream silk, ornamented on four sides with small tassels of cream linen with a few threads of red and…

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  Pillow Cover, 17th century

  Solidly worked multicolored pillow cover with a conventionalized fruit and flower border that encloses a scene from the Parable of the Prodigal Son; scene depicted is his return to his…

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  Pillow Cover, 17th century

  Solidly worked multicolored pillow cover with a conventionalized fruit and flower border that encloses a scene from the Parable of the Prodigal Son; scene depicted is the time of his…

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  Embroidery, late 18th century

  Cream-colored cotton (possibly from a curtain or skirt) with detached floral motives worked in chain stitch. Flowers small garden varieties in clusters 3″ to 4″ long; arranged in staggered rows.…