Search Demo: Museum Collection

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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:…

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  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…

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  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.…

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  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.

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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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  Textile (Bolivia), 19th century

  Square made of two lengths seamed down long side. Broad dark brown and rust stripes and brown cream stripes with think stripes of blue and red. Warp-patterned stripes in these…

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  Textile (Bolivia), early 19th century

  Broad dark brown stripes alternating with groups of cream, tan, yellow, pink, blue, and brown pencil-stripes, with central geometrically decorated stripes in same colors, warp-patterned. Narrow bright blue selvages continuous…

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  Textile (Bolivia), 19th century

  Square made of two lengths seamed down long side. Edged on four sides with patterned tubular embroidery. Broad stripes of red and dark brown with thin stripes in white, pink,…