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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,…

  • Pillow For Making Bobbin Lace (Belgium), 19th century

    ‘Pillow’ for making bobbin lace in two parts with 24 bobbins of turned posts and drawer in base.

  • Sampler (England), 17th century

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

  • 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…

  • Sidewall, Palm Lattice, 1947–51

    a) Lattice of diagonal bamboo stalks, at the intersections of which are four formalized palm leaf motifs. Gray on pearl gray; b) same bamboo and palm leaf motifs are used…

  • Pendant with Madonna Pendant, 19th century

    Bell-shaped pendant, surrounded by wreath of garnets and small rose diamonds, attached to bow-tie pin, again studded with garnets and diamonds. Pendant of thick glass contains an image in gold…

  • Drawing, details of male figures, ca. 1885

    Vertical rectangle. Above: studies of male figures, emphasizing the legs. Below, left: bust-length study of a man blowing a trumpet, facing right in profile.

  • Drawing, Boy playing a lute, 1871–72

    Vertical rectangle. A young man in costume, seated, facing left, his head shown almost in profile. He plays a mandolin. At right, detail of hand holding the bow of the…

  • Drawing, Portrait Sketch of a Young Woman, ca. 1885

    Bust-length portrait of a young woman, turned toward the right, her head shown full-face looking at the viewer.

  • Drawing, Study of Drapery “Fortune”, ca. 1877

    Study of drapery beneath the feet of the figure; below: Study of drapery. Signed and inscribed, lower left: “E. Vedder drapery / study for “Fortune” owned / by Charles Keck.”

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