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Linen border with silk fringe on one long edge, completely covered with deflected element embroidery in yellow silk. The pattern areas are reserved in the linen ground fabric, along with one long rectangle reserved as if for an inscription. Paired confronted cherubs alternate with interlocking branches terminating in human heads at both ends. All motifs are outined in green silk; black beads for eyes; red beads as centers of rosettes.

Border (Italy), 16th–17th century
silk embroidery, linen foundation, glass beads.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1896-1-101

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

End of a table cover or towel of off-white linen embroidered in red silk with a symmetrical arrangement of mermaids and fountains. Red background is embroidered, with figures reserved in plain cloth.

Border, 17th–18th century
silk embroidery, linen foundation.
Gift of John Pierpont Morgan.
1902-1-439

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

An intricate knotted design in a circular pattern with a heart-shaped central motif.

Print, The First Knot (Interlace Pattern with White Medallion), before 1521
woodcut on off-white laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1944-37-1-a

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Print, Title Page, from Nouveaux Livre de Parterres (New Book of Garden Beds)

Print, Title Page, from Nouveaux Livre de Parterres (New Book of Garden Beds)
etching and engraving on white laid paper.
1988-4-19

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Print, Design for a Garden Parterre of Cut Grass and Colored Gravel, from Nouveaux Livre de Parterres (New Book of Garden Beds) from Oeuvres du Sr. Marot

Print, Design for a Garden Parterre of Cut Grass and Colored Gravel, from...
etching on cream laid paper.
1988-4-17

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

On framing plaques, two nudes, personifications of Night, toss showers of stars into sky. In central portion, nine large blue sapphires amid diamond stars and constellations recreate the Milky Way.

Drawing, Design for a Corsage Ornament: Night, ca. 1900
brush and watercolor, graphite, brush and gouache on brownish, translucent....
Museum purchase from Drawings and Prints Council Fund through gift of The....
1998-50-1

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Footed stoneware bowl with gradient color in blues, grays and yellow. Rim is in brown; interior has small spiral design.

Bowl (USA), ca. 1955–59
thrown, painted, and glazed stoneware.
Gift of Unknown Donor.
1992-23-1

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

Horizontal, symmetrical with two segments enameled in dark blue surrounding a polychromed segment in orange, yellow and green.

Cymric Brooch, ca. 1905
silver and enamel.
Gift of Harry C. Sigman.
2013-21-24

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
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Rectangular panel of fine twill tapestry has a tight arrangement of small-scale quatrefoils and ogives enclosing flowers with interspaces filled with floral and foliate motifs. Colors are dark red, blue, green, purple, yellow, and white. Bordered and piped with different bands of imitation tapestry, one floral, one geometric. Backed with red cotton twill.

Panel (India), 19th century
wool, cotton backing.
Gift of George Arnold Hearn.
1903-9-18

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