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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  Lance Point, 19th century

  Long flat head with two rear barbs above series of 15 projecting barbs; the whole above a series of 8 opposed barbs at teh head of the tapering hollow socket.

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  Lance Point, 19th century

  Small spatulate point above series of 77 projecting barbs, the whole above a tapering hollow socket.

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  Lance Point, 19th century

  Flat point with central spine above two fins held close to shank. Shank twisted below and furnished with small projecting barbs above hollow flaring socket decorated with scaled bands. Other…

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  Lance Point, 19th century

  Long spatulate point above series of 16 projecting barbs, the whole terminating in hollow flued socket.

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  Sampler (Morocco), 18th–19th century

  Square of undyed cotton partially filled with sections of borders and designs, some suggestive of Renaissance symmetrical stylized plant borders and some fantastic geometrical symmetrial floral repeats. In faded multicolored…

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  Embroidered Band (Taiwan), early 20th century

  Narrow geometrical border embroidered in red, white, yellow, orange, and green ramie cross-stitch on old black traders’ cotton

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  Embroidered Band (Taiwan), 19th–mid-20th century

  Broad chevron band embroidered in yellow, orange, and green on black traders’ cotton. Cross-stitch guard border.

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  Embroidered Band (Taiwan), 19th–mid-20th century

  “Old black traders’ cotton” worked in fine white, orange, yellow, green cross stitch, with geometrical band with stylized floral motives extending from it on lower edge.