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  • Tile (Germany), 16th century

    Within an arched niche are St. Martin and the Beggar. At base are strapwork, pendants, masks, grotesques, and seven figures symbolizing the three ecclesiastical and four cardinal virtues: Faith, Hope,…

  • Sample Book (USA), 1948

    Contains forty contemporary designs by leading designers. The “Audubon Game Birds” is a photo-lithograph. Includes “Skeletons” by William Justema, “In Line” by Ilonka Karasz.

  • Sample Book (France), ca. 1750

    Folded paper with twelve samples in very bright colors mounted on thin board. Probably used for uniforms. Samples are mounted on paper which reads “LONDRINS SECONDS DE LA GRAVETTE MAY…

  • Tile (USA), ca. 1880

    Blue-green. Design in nine panels: central panel of lily-of-the-valley; flanking panels of raised hobnails; corner panels of one daisy each.

  • Tile (USA), ca. 1880

    Blue square with flat border. Relief design of a vine with four leaves forming a circle, on a textured ground.

  • Tile (USA), ca. 1880

    Blue. Framed by plants, or swan floats on a pond.

  • Tile (USA), ca. 1880

    Amber. All-over pattern of raised rough diamonds with a four-part serrated design pressed in the center of each.

  • Sample Book, Dessins Nouveauté, 1926–27

    Selection of designs with the strong colors and contrasts of the mid-twenties with examples of large bold design and small figured patterns. Samples are bound in boards. Gilt lettering. The…

  • Tile (Ottoman Empire (present day Syria)), late 16th–early 17th century

    Square in shape, painted with an 8-pointed blossom in the center, from which radiate stylized floral arabesques and blossoms.

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