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  • Scenic, “Le Jardin d’Armide” [The Garden of Armida], 1854

    “a”: Irregular-shaped fragment showing portion of a free-standing arcade with Corinthian columns, around which grow wisteria and other vines in large scale. Across top is trellis with pink roses; “b”…

  • Borders, late 17th century

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

  • Scenic (China), 1795–1825

    Gray sky background. Bamboo trees. Large central tree with many purple blossoms. Branches, with red fruit, growing from the left. Multi-colored birds and insects. Conventionalized green ground at bottom with…

  • Scenic (China), 1795–1825

    Blue-gray sky background. Different varieties of flowering trees and plants with either white or pink blossoms. A perching owl and multicolored bird. At bottom, on green ground, are rocks and…

  • Scenic (China), 1775–99

    Printed on a pale green background. Darker green ground at bottom. Flowering tree with white blossoms, and large peony plant with white and pale yellow blossoms. Bamboo trees in the…

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • Borders (possibly England), 1830

    Glossy grisaille design of rosettes bordered by lines in varying shades of gray. Marbled ground of buff and blue wavy lines. grisailles

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