Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  Tie, early 20th century

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  Tie (France), 19th century

  Black silk tie with narrow neck section and wider oval motifs. Design of flowers and stems with leaves within conventionalized border.

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  Tie (France), 19th century

  Narrow black lace band in a conventionalized flower and leaf design. A medallion at either end shows a quartered shield, each quarter with a flower surrounded by leaves.

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  Tie (France), mid-19th century

  Narrow border ornamented with small four-petaled flowers. Medallions at either end show design of floral sprays in leaf border.

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  Tie (Belgium), 1850–1900

  Linen double lapet, needle lace, Point de Gaze. All-over floral clusters and sprays. Elaborate star at both ends of lappet with radiating sections ending in leaves.

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  Tie (Indonesia), mid-20th century

  Unfolded material for a tie with tan and white crackle design on dark blue ground. Design shows horizontal rows of various geometric and floral patterns with large design of dark…

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  Border (France), 1825

  Black arcade with pink oak leaves in center. Between arches is a stylized black and white floral pattern that rises above it. Lower border of black and white diamonds and…

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  Border (Italy), late 16th–early 17th century

  Small squares making up a border with small-scale triangular pendants. Modes: brides picotées, portes.

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  Sidewall, “Sonne un Soden” [Summer in the South], ca. 1920

  Multi-colored flower forms with large green leaves on black ground.

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  Textile (Nigeria), mid-20th century

  Length of cotton divided into a grid, with each square containing a geometric pattern. The white designs are created by resisting the indigo dye by sewing and tying sections of…