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Total number of records: 7
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sampler
Horsfall, Hannah
19th Century
A faded symmetrical sampler in green, red (faded) and cream, with a central feature of a religious poem and the name Hannah Horsfall in a zigzag border. Other features include a central lion and unic...
photographs of Indonesian people in traditional dress
20th Century
11 reproductions of black/white photographs depicting single or groups of figures (adults and children, predominantly female) wearing traditional costume from Java, Timor, Bali and Sumatra. Some are ...
tjanting
late 19th-mid 20th Century
This copper bowl is called a tjanting or canting. It is made of a bamboo handle with a small metal cup and a thin spout, out of which the wax seeps. It is used to apply wax freehand to fabric as a re...
Modern Crochet by Penelope, book 2
Wm. Briggs & Co. Ltd.
mid 20th Century
A booklet with crochet projects. Project include cobweb mat, shamrock lace, bowl of flowers, wild rose, dainty edgings, necklets, double Dutch, lace trio, smart neck wear, Celtic motifs, Grecian tray ...
Design
Marchini, Guido (1929-2008)
1950-2008
Painted toile design with 18th century style pastoral and nautical scenes in green and red. Scenes include a lady with a parasol in a horse and carriage, fisherman on a river bank, a sailing ship, men...
beti
late 20th Century
A beti (a multifunctional cloth with two cotton panels sewn together along the warp sides). The pattern consists of two panels in purple on black, showing warp ikat bowls of fruit and birds; three nar...
thangka
mid 19th-early 20th Century
A painted thangka panel bordered in red/gold and yellow/gold silk brocade and inset into a brown and gold silk brocade hanging, with white cotton edging. The silk brocade designs include Buddhist sym...