Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  Ribbon (USA)

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  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.

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  Pillow Cover (Italy), 16th century

  Oblong pillow cover of heavy cream-colored linen embroidered in red and cream silk, ornamented on four sides with small tassels of cream linen with a few threads of red and…

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  Pillow Cover, 17th century

  Solidly worked multicolored pillow cover with a conventionalized fruit and flower border that encloses a scene from the Parable of the Prodigal Son; scene depicted is his return to his…

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  Pillow Cover, 17th century

  Solidly worked multicolored pillow cover with a conventionalized fruit and flower border that encloses a scene from the Parable of the Prodigal Son; scene depicted is the time of his…

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  Pillow Cover (England), ca. 1570–73

  Cushion cover representing the expulsion of the prodigal son. Predominant colors are blue, rose and tan.

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  Scenic Miniature, Georgian Floral, 1950

  Miniature of scenic wallpaper, Georgian Floral. Flowering trees and shrubs are ranged along the bank of a brook. Greens, browns, oranges, and white. Marginal indications show that this paper is…

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  Ribbon (France), 18th century

  Narrow ribbon in pinks and greenin a repeated, small-scale striped pattern. Elaborate tassels at either end.

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  Pillow Cover (Philippines), 19th–20th century

  Panel of piña cloth with allover geometric appliqué pattern, repeated twice, one for the front of the cover, the other for the back of the cover.

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  Ribbon (France), 1750–1800

  Long strip, widening toward the bottom, of openwork effect formed by silk-wound linen strands bound at intervals by silk warps. Serpentine of green ribbon tied to form small scallops applied…