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  • Altar Frontal (Italy), 16th century

    Large altar frontal with insertion bands of punto in aria in a reticella style showing an allover pattern of curving lines. Matching border with very deep points.

  • Altar Frontal (Italy), 16th–17th century

    Heavy linen altar frontal with a wide border showing a large-scale design of blossoms or pomegranates within curving circular bands reserved in linen. Narrow border of simple strapwork in the…

  • Altar Frontal (Italy), 17th century

    Small altar frontal with five perpendicular strips of drawn work with a darned pattern of pomegranates and larger leaves in a vine design. Bottom and edge trimmed with narrow bobbin…

  • Borders, late 17th century

    Borders of needle lace, Gros Point de Venise, in large floral pattern connected by brides picotées and outlined by cordonnet.

  • Altar Frontal

    Single row of large scale figures under stylized canopies. Some floral and decorative detail and inscription across the bottom.

  • Borders (Greece), 19th century

    Two borders, probably from sleeve or bottom of dress, worked in silks in red, yellow, orange, white, and outlines of black. Design shows a stylized flower head, with heart-shaped leaves…

  • Borders, Louis XVI or Trianon, 1851–65

    Two separate foliate medallions, each with tassel in green, containing motif of musical instruments in terra cotta, with beading along one side; on off-white ground.

  • Borders, Louis XVI or Trianon, 1851–65

    Two separate motifs to be used for dado. The baseboard has a series of horizontal molding strips in grisaille and brownish-yellow. The upper element, or chair rail, has a more…

  • Textile (France), 1950

    Central column of large bouquets of gladioli in yellow, salmon and green.

  • Borders (France), ca. 1850

    Yellow and buff six-point rosettes printed on dark green flock. Between rosettes are rinceaux printed in light green parallel lines; entire design bordered within buff and yellow lines.

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