Color: #708090
Fragment Of Fringe (France)
No catalogue card exists.
Peep-show
The image depicts a group of people dressed in historical clothing from different eras, gathered around a large box with a circular viewing window labeled “THE WORLD OF TOMORROW NEW YORK WORLD’S FAIR, MCMXXXIX.” The…
Sample Book (USA), 1948
Contains forty contemporary designs by leading designers. The “Audubon Game Birds” is a photo-lithograph. Includes “Skeletons” by William Justema, “In Line” by Ilonka Karasz.
Border (China), 19th century
Valance or border in heavy white cotton embroidered in blue cotton with a main design of a crow in flight appearing between two sprays of fruit-bearing branches. Flowers, butterflies and bats in a detached design….
Cap (Egypt), late 13th–early 14th century
Man’s cap of bright blue silk formed from six isoceles triangles, with a deep band to encircle the head. The triangles have quilted geometric borders and fillings; the band has a quilted interlacing pattern with…
Textile (England), late 19th century
Large multi-colored floral sprays on a background decorated with forget-me-nots.
Textile (England), 1901–50
Large allover design with central floral motif in grey silk. Reproduction textile in the style of the early eighteenth century.
Textile (England), early 20th century
Large-scale floral design in red and green on a bright blue ground.
Textile (England), late 19th century
Allover design of asters in red, purple, blue and green on an off-white ground.
Square, Cage D’Oiseau (Birdcage), 1947
Printed square with center black ground with white cage and animals detailed in black and yellow. Black square is surrounded by dull blue border and another striped border where the top and left are dull…