Search Demo: Museum Collection

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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,…

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  Ribbon (USA)

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  Shawl (Mexico), late 18th–early 19th century

  Long narrow shawl of cream colored cotton embroidered at the ends and along the sides in colored silks and paillettes in a leaf and bow-knot design. Scalloped ends of netting…

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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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  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.

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  Tile (USA), ca. 1880

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

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  Tile (USA), ca. 1880

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

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  Tile (USA), ca. 1880

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

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  Shawl (Belgium), 19th century

  White lace shawl of fine mesh with detached floral designs and a wide floral border.

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  Shawl (Switzerland), 19th–20th century

  Shawl in fine white cotton printed in polychrome and what appears to be hand painted additions. Border design is a rural scene along a river; corners feature a rustic bridge,…