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Salesman's sample book of 285 small samples of wool and cotton, mounted on paper and bound in gold-tooled green leather book. Many samples have the appearance of duvetyn, a soft woolen fabric with a downy nap that was used for waistcoats.

Sample Book (France), late 18th–early 19th century
H x W x D: 26 x 18.5 x 4.5 cm (10 1/4 x 7 5/16 x 1 3/4 in.) 68 pages.
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
1936-29-4

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 37 images of this object.

Ten small manufacturer's samples of waistcoat velvets. Small conventionalized floral designs in chiné technique. Two have satin stripes.

Samples (France), ca. 1850
cotton, paper.
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
1936-51-2

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 6 images of this object.

White satin ground, with hunters, dogs, lions, peacocks and trees brocaded in brillian polychrome silks and blue, red and tan chenille.

Textile (Portugal), 17th century
silk.
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
1932-11-12-a/d

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Fragment of pale pink silk moiré with white lace-like serpentines in supplementary weft patterning. Brocaded design of grass with large flowers; a youth, playing a mandolin, is seated on the grass.

Fragment (France), 1750–1800
silk.
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
1932-11-10-a,b

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Five small manufacturer's samples of waistcoat velvets. All are done in chiné technique. Four have satin stripes.

Samples (France), ca. 1850
cotton, paper.
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
1936-51-3

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Six manufacturer's samples of velvets for men's waistcoats. Patterns are chiné and show small conventionalized floral patterns.

Samples (France), ca. 1850
cotton, paper.
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
1936-51-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Standing collar (cut from man's shirt) embroidered in knot and satin stithches in deisgn of small four-petalled flowers set within large diamond shapes; buttonholed on three sides; two worked buttonholes.

Band (Spain, Toledo), 19th century
cotton or linen.
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
1941-36-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Small curtain of twill weave with linen warp and cotton weft, with all over design embroidered in red wool. From a small semi-circle at bottom springs design of slender ascending vines, with variety of curving pointed leaves showing Indian influence in design. Much interior decoration in leaves, squares, circles, lattice, veining etc. Stems and leaves all edged with feather stitch.

Textile (England), mid to late 17th century
crewel wool, cotton, linen.
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
1954-101-1-b

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Coat of changeable brown and blue silk faille with small ovals. Embroidered with floral motif in polychrome silk.

Man's Coat (France), 1785–1790
silk.
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
1937-55-2

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Man's short waistcoat with standing collar, notched hem and pocket flaps. In white silk satin embroidered with an all-over design of small floral sprigs and densely embroidered on the front and lower edges with floral vine, in pale blues, greens and yellows.

Waistcoat, late 18th century
silk embroidery on silk foundation.
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
1937-55-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Diapered field with vertical oval medallions, framed by wings, enclosing representations of New York, Paris, St. Louis, San Diego, and Charles A. Lindbergh with a cat. Printed in blue on white ground.

Textile (USA), 1927
cotton.
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
1932-11-13

This object was made by Witcombe McGeachin & Co..
This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Blue taffeta with deeply curving serpentines in warp of the ground fabric. Between serpentines, in horizontal rows, figure of a man playing a clarinet, alternating with a bird on a slender branch. Alternate horizontal rows have sprays of flowers. Design brocaded in silver metal thread with outlines in red silk brocade.

Textile (France), 1750–1800
silk, metal thread.
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
1932-11-11

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Trimming with assorted small flowers and leaves.

Trimming, early 20th century
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
1932-11-7

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Pattern of a palm tree and flowers on component 'a'; just a palm tree on component 'b'.

Trimming, early 20th century
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
1932-11-3-a,b

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Rectangular darning sampler with fifteen darning crosses and two corner mends, with picot edgings and hemstitching. In the center square, where the foundation fabric has been cut away and replaced, the inscription GD 1711, surmounted by a crown, is embroidered in red cross stitch.

Darning Sampler (Netherlands), 1711
silk embroidery, linen foundation.
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
1937-75-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Fragment from toile "Jeanne d' Arc, a copper plate print. Jeanne is shown in armor, on horseback, bearing a banner with the word "France". Following her are two armed horsemen, and a man on foot with the word "CHARLE-" on the yoke of his shirt. Troops and castle in background.

Fragment (France), ca. 1820
cotton.
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
1937-47-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Vertical rectangle. White glazed ground; upright oval black transfer-printed frame enclosing green area against which, in black on white, is a figure of Orpheus or Apollo holding a lyre.

Tile (England), ca. 1780
transfer-printed, green-enamelled white pottery.
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
1940-80-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Square cushion cover of printed cotton velvet with a standing figure of a man in fashionable dress with striped hose and a bicorn hat leaning on a spiral walking stick. In rosy reds and tans on a blue-green ground, with a narrow scrolling acanthus border.

Cushion Cover (England), 1800–1815
cotton.
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
1955-100-2

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Cushion cover of printed cotton velvet showing a woman in Directoire dress and bonnet, leaning on a parasol. In shades of rosy reds and tans on a blue-green ground, with narrow scrolling acanthus border.

Cushion Cover (England), 1800–1815
cotton.
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
1955-100-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Fragment of linen fabric. White ground striped plain cloth and satin. Over plain cloth stripes are extra warps of yellow forming a small-scale, zigzag, conventionalized flower design.

Textile, 20th century
silk.
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
1936-29-5

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Textile (England)
wool.
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
1954-101-1-a

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Off-white linen apron embroidered in two lower corners with a sprig of flowers. Yellow silk ribbon ties.

Apron
linen, wool embroidery, silk ribbon ties.
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
1938-25-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Tablecloth of white linen and light purple silk damask. Central design of four musicians at a table under a canopy. Maid and youth in each corner. Group of hunters are on opposite sides while and a man and woman stand by a table on the other two sides.

Tablecloth (France), 18th century
linen, silk.
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
1936-29-6

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Square tile with portion of a larger decorative scheme, showing part of banderole with letters...USET..., VE...AX, and part of a hand in mailed glove grasping a sword. Outlines and letters in blue; objects in yellow shading into orange.

Tile (France), ca. 1600
lead-glazed earthenware, polychrome overglaze decoration.
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
1936-29-3

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Trimming with five-petaled flowers.

Trimming, early 20th century
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
1932-11-6

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Trimming in the shapes of a yellow, white and purple flower.

Trimming, early 20th century
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
1932-11-5

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Trimming in the form of a bouquet of white flowers.

Trimming, early 20th century
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
1932-11-4

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Vertical rectangle. Turbaned figure on white horse directed toward the left, holds white falcon in right hand. Floral ornament at edges. Heavily glazed, the figures penciled in black and standing in relief against blue ground.

Tile (Iran), possibly 17th century
glass-glazed earthenware, underglaze decoration.
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
1936-51-4

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Vertical rectangle, Time from a stove, with flanges of back broken off. Decorated with checkered squares diagonally placed, with hatching running in alternating directions, in green; rococo cartouche outlined with manganese violet scrolls, with reverse, in centre of which is a spray of yellow, blue and violet roses with green foliage.

Tile (Sweden), ca. 1770
tin-enamelled earthenware, underglaze polychrome decoration.
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
1936-29-2

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Tassel
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
1932-11-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Fragment
linen.
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
1938-32-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Panel (Near East), early 19th century

Panel (Near East), early 19th century
wool, silk, metallic thread.
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
1941-36-10

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Edge, 19th century

Edge, 19th century
straw, silk.
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
1941-36-8

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Bits of colored woolen cloth applied on a light ground in a pattern of vases containing flowers and scrolls, arranged around a niche and in borders. The niche and outer border are of red velvet; silk fringe in several colors at top and bottom.

Panel, 19th century
wool, silk.
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
1940-122-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Tassel (Italy)
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
1932-11-2

This object is part of the Textiles collection.