Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  Couture Embroidery Sample (USA), 1960

  Sample of white cotton with an unfinished embroidery design in multi-colored silks and wool of a large paisley motif with a floral border. Paisley motif has a central rosette in…

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  Couture Embroidery Sample (USA), 1960

  Piece of cream-colored rayon embroidered in red silk and beads in a pattern of two crossing bands and a center medallion.

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  Couture Embroidery Sample (USA), 1960

  Piece of black rayon embroidered in colored silk threads and beads in a solid pattern of long, curling leaves.

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  Couture Embroidery Sample (USA), 1960

  Dark rayon velvet appliquéd with a cream-colored silk in a curvilinear shape. Silk design is embroidered and embellished with multi-colored beads in floral and scrolling forms.

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  DCW Side Chair, 1946

  Form constructed of five shaped pieces of laminated and bent wood: contoured trapezoidal seat and back; front legs made from single narrow strip, horse-shoe shaped and tapered; shorter back legs…

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  Side Chair (possibly Germany), late 17th–early 18th century

  This chair consists of a slab seat and an elaborately carved back in baroque style. Four tapered legs protrude from the bottom of the seat. The chair’s seat is rounded…

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  Side Chair, late 17th–early 18th century

  This chair consists of two pieces of hard wood (seat and back) jointed at the back of the seat. The back tapers slightly and is characterized by leaf-like carvings. A…

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  Side Chair (France), ca. 1935

  Vertically applied natural split straw work

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  Side Chair (France), ca. 1935

  Square wood frame covered with mottled beige and tan shagreen; solid, slightly curved square back tapering slightly toward rear; square seat upholstered in woven tan fabric.

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  Side Chair (Canada), early 18th century

  This side chair is comprised of turned stretchers, a flat seat, and an open back. The void rectangular area of the chair’s back may have been filled with webbing at…