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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  cat Miniature

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  Cat and kitten Figure, late 19th–early 20th century

  Gray, black, and white tabby cat standing on hind legs holds an upraised stick above a mewing kitten lying across its knee, as if in the act of spanking.

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  Oil Lamp, 1st century BC

  Crude oil lamp with round handle and pressed leaf pattern.

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  Oil Lamp (Italy), 1st century BC

  Handled lamp with depressed center, spade-shaped spout joined to body with pair of volutes. Marks on base: an impressed foot and a strigil in relief.

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  Oil Lamp (USA), 19th century

  Ship’s lantern

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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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  Figure (Austria), 1850–1900

  Metal figurine of bald-pated man with top knot holding bow and brown enamel violin with gold strings and edging. Enameled costume: green jacket with gray blet, royal blue waistcoat with…

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  Figure (Austria), 1850–1900

  Enameled and gilt metal figurine of bald-pated man holding brass decanter and wine glass. Enameled costume: royal blue jacket with tan belt, blue waistcoat with red buttons, green breeches, white…