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  Belt (Russia), late 19th century

  Ribbon belt in silver cloth with black silk strips and figures. Six convex buttons and two-part buckle ornamented in scrolling stem and leaf design and the word “Kavkaz” (Caucasus) in…

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  Pillow For Making Bobbin Lace (Belgium), 19th century

  ‘Pillow’ for making bobbin lace in two parts with 24 bobbins of turned posts and drawer in base.

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  Belt, ca. 1930

  Belt patterned with thin stripes in shades of mauve and pink predominantly, also black, yellow, orange, and green. Both ends have warp fringes. Weft ribbing from heavy cerise wefts.

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  Belt, early 20th century

  Belt with one surface of dark blue wool fancy twill with echelons forming large diamonds. The reverse side, white cotton cloth with large diamonds outlined with the dark blue wool…

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  Printing Block

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  Printing Block

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  Printing Block (India), 1952–53

  Small block for printing embroidery designs. Carved of hard wood and used to print Chickan embroidery patterns. Shows a design of two roosters in profile with plant forms in between.

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  Sidewall, Palm Lattice, 1947–51

  a) Lattice of diagonal bamboo stalks, at the intersections of which are four formalized palm leaf motifs. Gray on pearl gray; b) same bamboo and palm leaf motifs are used…

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  Belt (Poland), 20th century

  Card-woven belt fragment in a bird’s eye pattern in orange, green, and shades of purple. Narrow, striped edges.

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  Drawing, details of male figures, ca. 1885

  Vertical rectangle. Above: studies of male figures, emphasizing the legs. Below, left: bust-length study of a man blowing a trumpet, facing right in profile.