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  • Brisé Fan And Case (France), late 19th–early 20th century

    Brisé fan. Painted ivory sticks. Obverse: central cartouche showing a male and female figure in 18th century dress, and two side cartouches containing the implements of music and agriculture. Reverse:…

  • Brisé Fan And Case, early 18th century

    Brisé fan. Ivory sticks painted in oil and finished with Vernis Martin. Obverse: divided into leaf and gorge area, the former decorated with a central cartouche containing an outdoor scene…

  • Brisé Fan And Case, late 19th century

    Brisé fan. Painted ivory sticks. Obverse: figures of man and woman in landscape. Gorge and borders in “Vernis Martin” style, showing floral motifs within miniature cartouches. Reverse: landscape without figures.…

  • Brisé Fan And Case (France), early 19th century

    Brisé fan with pierced horn sticks painted with forget-me-nots, laced with a pale silk ribbon. Fan case has removable lid.

  • 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.

  • Textile, 1940–49

    Sample of printed silk in shades of red, black for outlining and flecks of the white ground showing. Design is an allover flower pattern, perhaps wild rose or similar blossoms,…

  • Gloves (Finland), ca. 1875

    Dark red gloves in small, tight stitches with a broad band of addorsed birds with stylized floral motif between in pink and yellow in the palm area. Narrow band between…

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