Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  Pillow Cover (Italy), 16th century

  Oblong pillow cover of heavy cream-colored linen embroidered in red and cream silk, ornamented on four sides with small tassels of cream linen with a few threads of red and…

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  Pillow Cover, 17th century

  Solidly worked multicolored pillow cover with a conventionalized fruit and flower border that encloses a scene from the Parable of the Prodigal Son; scene depicted is his return to his…

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  Pillow Cover, 17th century

  Solidly worked multicolored pillow cover with a conventionalized fruit and flower border that encloses a scene from the Parable of the Prodigal Son; scene depicted is the time of his…

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  Pillow Cover (England), ca. 1570–73

  Cushion cover representing the expulsion of the prodigal son. Predominant colors are blue, rose and tan.

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  Pillow Cover (Philippines), 19th–20th century

  Panel of piña cloth with allover geometric appliqué pattern, repeated twice, one for the front of the cover, the other for the back of the cover.

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  Pillow Cover (Italy), 16th–17th century

  Small pillow cover backed with linen. The front shows a conventional wheel design and has narrow pointed lace at the edges.

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  Hand-woven Sample (USA), ca. 1949

  Handwoven partition material of open-weave plaid in natural tones with solid and open-weave areas. The bleached and unbleached hemp-like warps alternate with very finely plied cotton threads of brown, yellow…

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  Hand-woven Sample (USA), before 1953

  Hand-woven sample in a checkerboard of tan and silver rectangles. The warp is of white cotton, used in pairs. One weft set is aluminum strips and the other tan paper…

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  Hand-woven Sample (USA), before 1953

  Handwoven sample with a subtle horizontal stripe of black and white mixed yarns. The warp is of off-white silk; the weft alternates two sheds of off-white plied silk yarns with…

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  Hand-woven Sample (USA), before 1953

  Handwoven sample with vertical bands of tweed textures. The warp is of burgundy, bright pink, light pink, and light gray-green yarns; the weft of heavy dark brown hemp.