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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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  Sidewall, Sound Waves, 1948

  Horizontal rows of wavy lines in dark and light-green on a light-brown ground. Gives the appearance of a graph or fever chart. Printed in blue and green on off-white ground.

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  Sidewall (France), 1920–28

  Chinoiserie: Vignettes of Asian figures amid pagodas and large flowers. Printed in colors on yellow ground.

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  Fragment (China), 19th century

  Allover geometrical design in greenish gold and rose with blue outlines.

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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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  Fragment (Spain), 17th century

  Yellow damask with an allover design of a carnation in a vase above two confronted, rampant lions forming an ogival shape.

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  Sample Book (France), ca. 1750

  Folded paper with twelve samples in very bright colors mounted on thin board. Probably used for uniforms. Samples are mounted on paper which reads “LONDRINS SECONDS DE LA GRAVETTE MAY…