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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  Mat (USA), ca. 1920

  Small mat with a design of a winged griffon within a shield shape. Inspired by the crest of the Borghese family and was copied from a Venetian chalice veil made…

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  Mat (USA), ca. 1920

  Eight-sided mat made of unbleached linen and ornamented with embroidery and bordered with woven picots and small tassels.

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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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  Waistcoat (England), late 18th–early 19th century

  Short waistcoat in reddish-pink satin with small, dark green cut velvet repeating buds in a heart-shaped framework. Printed cotton facing to fronts in multi-colored stripes and white lotus shapes. Undyed…

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  Waistcoat

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  Waistcoat, 18th century

  Man’s coat of white cotton, lined with white linen, with deep cuff ornamentation, all of white quilting with sections of punched work and embroidered French knots. The design is an…

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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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  Waistcoat, 1740–50

  Gentleman’s embroidered waistcoat with embroidered decoration of fruits and vines at center front bottom and pocket area.

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  Waistcoat, ca. 1795

  Men’s double-breasted waistcoat with high standing collar, cut straight at the waist. Waistcoat is patterned with stripes, and is comprised of the colors brown, peach, and cream. There are seven…