Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  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…

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  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.

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  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…

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  Textile (Albania), late 19th–early 20th century

  Horizontal bands of varying widths in heavy white cotton wefts alternating with bands of a much finer open weave with yellow silk wefts. Warp is fine white cotton threads. Three…

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  Textile (Albania), late 19th–early 20th century

  Two lengths of sheer cotton seamed down longest edge. Spaced bands of lozenges and triangles inlaid with heavier cotton thread. Deep borders edged with openwork bands at either end. Twisted…

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  Panel (Albania), 1915

  Panel comprised of several lengths with a sheer ground divided by wide, opaque warp stripes into three panels with white continuous geometric pattern in each with touches of red and…

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  Card Case

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  Card Case (USA), early 19th century

  Two stiff pieces of bark, hinged and edged with red cotton and embroidered with colored straw in a floral design.

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  Card Case (USA), early 19th century

  Slim box with sliding lid covered in black wool which is embroidered in colored straw in a floral design.

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  Mother-of-pearl card case Card Case, ca. 1850

  Vertical rectangle with straight sides and hinged cover, all covered with mother-of-pearl. On front, lozenge-shaped panel with bouquet relief. Contains card inscribed “Miss Groves from heer affectionate little pupils.”