Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  Sampler (USA), 1827

  Sampler embroidered in red, black and blue on a white ground, with the alphabet and inscription Susanna Meck 1827 at the top, and many small detached motifs including animals, birds,…

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  Sampler (England), 17th century

  Thirteen cross borders in cutwork with needlepoint stitches and embroidery in satin and curled stitches.

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  Woman’s Mantle (chyrpy) (Turkmenistan), 19th century

  Woman’s white cotton chyrpy embroidered with silk and wool felt appliqué in red, green, yellow, blue and magenta. Vertical stalks of highly stylized tulips rise from the hem, and a…

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  Button (Haiti), late 18th century

  Button depicting scene of five figures outside near a large house. From left: a seated man, wearing a pink shirt, playing a drum, a woman with only head visible standing…

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  Button (Haiti), late 18th century

  Button depicting scene of four figures in a landscape. A woman on the left wears a striped shirt and scarf, an orange and white skirt and turban; she faces man…

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  Button (Haiti), late 18th century

  Button depicting scene of figures in a landscape with a building. A shirtless man wearing a red turban and white pants fighting with a wooden stick with another man wearing…

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  Button (Haiti), late 18th century

  Button depicting scene with five figures. Two men wear white clothing and pink turbans and are training with wooden sticks, looking at their left [proper]. Behind them, a woman in…

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  Button (Haiti), late 18th century

  Button depicting scene with three figures in a palm tree-filled landscape conversing. Two men wear native West Indies garments of skirts; one wears a red feathered crown; the other holds…

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  Button (Haiti), late 18th century

  Button depicting scene with four figures in a tree-filled landscape, wearing Western garments; three wear turbans while the fourth wears a scarf on head; two are shirtless and two are…

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  Button (Haiti), late 18th century

  Button depicting scene with three figures in a pink-hued landscape. Man at left, wearing striped turban and red pants, doffs his hat for two women at right who wear white…