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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  Sample (USA)

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  Sample (USA)

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  Sample (France), 1909–12

  Piece of sheer silk embroidered with stylized lily-like forms with thin crossing stems, in off-white and pale yellow silks on white silk chiffon and net.

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  Invitation

  Horizontal rectangle. Four cards in an envelope embossed with initials “T” and “W”. Cards of Daniel Toffey and Adeline S. Wilson tied with white silk ribbon. Other two cards are…

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  Sample, Large Stem Taff, late 19th–early 20th century

  Medium-scale floral in the Chinoiserie style, with foliage including bamboo and tree peony, in blues, greens, yellow and tan with balck outline on a cream ground. Narrow plain selvedge with…

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  Sample, Loddon, late 19th–early 20th century

  Large-scale symmetrical design of intertwined stems forming arabesques and ogees, with large flower heads, in blue, green, and yellow with black outline on white ground. Double warps.

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  Sample, Trent, late 19th–early 20th century

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  Sample, Corncockle, designed 1883

  Large-scale design of cornflowers and artichoke-like flower heads on curving stems in pink, greens, blue, white and dark green outlines, on a white ground with yellow dots and all-over pattern…