Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  Dog Figure, 1741

  Figure of a brown-spotted pug with cropped ears and a long tail. Blue collar banded and inscribed in gold “ANO 1741.” Collar secured by padlock.

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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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  Cat Figure

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  Cat and kitten Figure, late 19th–early 20th century

  Gray, black, and white tabby cat standing on hind legs holds an upraised stick above a mewing kitten lying across its knee, as if in the act of spanking.

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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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  Pillow Cover (England), ca. 1570–73

  Cushion cover representing the expulsion of the prodigal son. Predominant colors are blue, rose and tan.

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  Pillow Cover (Philippines), 19th–20th century

  Panel of piña cloth with allover geometric appliqué pattern, repeated twice, one for the front of the cover, the other for the back of the cover.