Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  Sash (France), late 18th century

  Sash of sky-blue ribbon patterned with a broad central band with a symmetrical repeat of stylized heart and arabesque forms in blue, coral, and cream warp floats. Hanging decorations are…

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  Sash (USA)

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  Sash (France)

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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,…

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  Textile (Bolivia), 19th century

  Contained square with thin stripes in two shades of brown with broader stripes at intervals in tans, black, white with narrow geometrically patterned central stripe. Edged on four sides with…