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  • Scarf (France), 19th century

    Three cornered lace scarf. Probably Empire style.

  • Scarf (Indonesia), early 20th century

    Narrow length of batik in brown, dark blue, white, and tan.Tumpal motif (row of isosceles triangles) at ends and large sawat or mironj motif (wings of Garuda, mount of Vishnu)…

  • Scarf, 18th–early 19th century

    Long narrow scarf with ends decorated in deep borders that embroidered in red, blue and pale green in a series of geometric designs. Shorts tassels of green, red and blue…

  • Scarf (Near East), 19th century

    Narrow scarf of cream muslin with sides embroidered in silver thread in a design showing detached group of flowers.

  • Hand-woven Sample (USA), ca. 1949

    Handwoven partition material of open-weave plaid in natural tones with solid and open-weave areas. The bleached and unbleached hemp-like warps alternate with very finely plied cotton threads of brown, yellow…

  • Hand-woven Sample (USA), before 1953

    Hand-woven sample in a checkerboard of tan and silver rectangles. The warp is of white cotton, used in pairs. One weft set is aluminum strips and the other tan paper…

  • Hand-woven Sample (USA), before 1953

    Handwoven sample with a subtle horizontal stripe of black and white mixed yarns. The warp is of off-white silk; the weft alternates two sheds of off-white plied silk yarns with…

  • Hand-woven Sample (USA), before 1953

    Handwoven sample with vertical bands of tweed textures. The warp is of burgundy, bright pink, light pink, and light gray-green yarns; the weft of heavy dark brown hemp.

  • Hand-woven Sample (USA), before 1953

    Handwoven sample with a black and white horizontal stripe. The warp is of off-white cotton; the weft alternates three black yarns with one off-white rayon yarn. Narrow band top and…

  • Hand-woven Sample (USA), before 1953

    Handwoven sample with narrow horizontal stripes in natural colors. The warp is of undyed cotton, the weft of heavy white silk and unbleached linen.

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