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"Lucidario di Ricam;" Book containing 60 printed designs, also 26 examples of lace, among which a tiny sampler all mounted together in a book bound in red silk damask. Book probably bound later and samples pasted on stuff.

Tracings for Fancywork, 16th century

Francesco Calepino

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A border of coarse flaxen thread, ornato, embroidered with same white thread. The two subsidiary borders contain small curls in series. The main border has a coarse waving vine pattern, 2 repeats of 2 units.

Band, 16th-17th century

Italy

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Blue green knotted net linen ground with natural linen appliqué embroidered with multi-colored silk floss. Two cut side edges are loosely bound with silk thread.

Band, 17th century

Italy

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Border, 17th century

Italy

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A square of finest linen battiste with a variety of stitches in fine white thread and silk. The battiste is cut away in the angles and center and variously embroidered. There are three outer borders of finest drawn work, the center one embroidered in silk and thread in different designs. The outer and inner borders with fine ornato embroidered in silk. The center is surrounded by the battiste, which is embroidered in starry flowers; each angle being separated by a line of exquisite drawn-work and silk decoration. The design is complete. Piece is backed by a piece of thin yellow silk. Lace, cutwork.

Panel, 19th century

Philippines

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A border of coarse flaxen thread embroidered with same in repeated and reversed ornato. Flower divided by leaves in shape of cross.

Band, 16th-17th century

Italy

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Panel, 18th century

Greek Islands

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Panel, 17th century

England

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Panel, 17th century

Portugal

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Lace, bobbin, Abruzzi (Aquila? Pescocostanza?) border with converntionalized prsette pattern, peasant lace. (see 21.263, 304, similar).

Border, 17th-18th century

Italy

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Pillow cover, 18th century

Germany

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Fragment of a curious white netting in squares.

Fragment, 18th century

England

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Border, 18th century

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Panel, 17th century

Greek Islands

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Lace, portion of Tonder lace flounce with scalloped border; only one thickness of muslin is used. The floral forms are defined with a cordonnet.

Flounce, 18th century

Denmark

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A border of white flaxen thread embroidered with same. Men and women holding hands dancing. Man also appears to hold the horse's head while another man is on his back and appears to carry a banner. The women's skirts are variously decorated with ornato in ground with small ornato in outer borders, birds and dogs of various sizes. Design complete.

Band, 16th-17th Century

Italy

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A border of fine silk woof, embroidered with an exquisite design of leafy ornato. Two couter borders of ornato. Design complete. Slightly repaired in ground.

Border, 16th century

Italy

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Panel, 17th century

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A cloth of Indian cotton embroidered with yellow silk. Chainstitch, done on a sewing machine.

Cloth, 19th century

India

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Textile, 18th century

Greece

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Small piece of old English needle-point. Design of the Holy Doves fronting each other.

Panel, 16th-17th century

England

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A border of white thread embroidered with ornato. Occasionally there are bits of the thread which fastened the work on the frame in weaving the buratto. One join in piece and slight defect.

Band, 16th century

Italy

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Doshalla, or long shawl, with plain white rectangular center and border of repeated palmettes with elongated neck, in soft blended colors giving and all-over tone of mauve. Embroidered fringed ends. Great weight of shawl indicates that it was probably not madein Kashmir.

Shawl (doshalla), 19th century

India

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Panel, 18th century

Greek Islands

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A strip of curious colored embroidery, blue, pink and green. Interesting use of stitches for obtaining effect. Design intact.

Panel Fragment, 17th century

Turkey

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An oblong square of heavy blue linen, polychrome embroidery, design somewhat like a prayer rug, evidently an oriental suggestion.

Square, 18th century

Syria

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The front of a Pillow Slip in finest linen battiste, embroidered with pale lilac and gold colored silks in various stitches. Floral ornament in two narrow outer borders. Gold colored ornato with background of lilac embroidery. Tiny analogous colored silk ribbons are attached to edges, serving to attach upper to under pillow slip.

Pillow Slip, 16th century

Italy

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Upon a long strip of fine linen are embroidered with white thread sacred and profane figures one rides an ass and carries a bird upon his arm, another is a crowned female figure with a cross uplifted on one arm 'Orate Frate' sacred emblems, ornato with cross on top, a witch, etc. filled with ground work.

Band, 16th century

Sicily

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A band of linen embroidered with dark red silk in ornaments and birds facing each other. Lower edge pointed.

Band, 18th century

Greece

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A fragment of yellow satin embroidered with pale green and yellow soutache, - carried through from front to back, and various embroidery stitches complete the design.

Panel, 18th century

France

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white linen embroidered with red silk; transversal lines of a similar design (motif of vases and garlands) separate large squares decorated with floral pattern

Bed cover, 17th century

Italy

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Small piece of old English needle-point. Tiny defects in edge.

Band, 16th-17th century

England

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A border of linen embroidered with red silk background upon which birds fronting vases with plants (probably so-called tree of life) small animals and other fomrs are outlined in brown sillk (which may have originally have been blue stitches. Two outer narrow borders with leafy ornato. Design is evidently a repeated one, of which this specimen is half.

Linen border, 17th century

Morocco

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A border of white cotton embroidered with green silk in six varied ornato. Design perfect. Crosses and leafy borders.

Embroidered border, 18th century

Morocco

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End of towel of white India cotton embroidered with red silk, various ornati. The border has six sections of varied ornaments. Embroidery, cotton.

Towel end, 17th century

Morocco

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A border of white linen in punto reale and half stitch. (Germans call this Holbein stitch) with rose colored silk in ornato and geometrical forms.

Border, 17th century

Greece

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A fine linen towel of which the ends alone are decorated with cut-work, having various fillings and different embroidery stitches. Beautiful work-technique. Slight defects in linen.

Towel, 19th century

Turkey (?)

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A square of fine white muslin embroidered in polychrome. Design is evidently complete as it shows at is repeated and this specimen as probably one-half.

Fragment, 18th century

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Dark blue knotted net linen ground, embroidered with multicolored silk floss. Two cut edges, left and right. Floral and leaf design in greens, yellows, blue, pink and brown. One inch border at top and bottom edges.

Band, 16th-17th century

Italy

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The True Perfection of Design, 1584

Giovanni Oftaus

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Lace Sample Book, 1564

Domanico de Franceschi

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Panel, 16th century

Italy

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Border, 16th century

Italy

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Band, 16th century

Italy

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Pillow Cover, 16th century

Italy

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Pillow Cover, 16th century

Italy

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Border, 17th century

Italy

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Edging, 17th century

Italy

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Border, 18th century

Netherlands

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Panel, 16th century

Italy or Sicily

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Cloth, 17th century

Italy

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Border, 16th century

Italy

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Edging, 16th century

Italy

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Border, 17th century

Italy

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Panel, 16th century

Sicily or Italy

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Edging, 16th century

Italy

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Band, 17th century

Italy or Sardinia

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Band, 16th century

Italy

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Border, 16th century

Italy

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Band, 16th century

Italy

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Border, 17th-18th century

Italy

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Border, 17th century

Italy

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Border, 17th-18th century

Italy

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Panel, 18th century

Italy

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Altar Cloth, 16th century

Italy

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Border, 17th century

Italy

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Border, 17th century

Italy

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Border, 16th century

Italy

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Band, 17th century

Italy

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Border, 18th century

Italy

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Edging, 17th-18th century

Italy

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Edging, 17th century

Italy

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Border, 16th-17th century

Italy

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Band, 16th century

Italy

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Panel, 17th century

Italy

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Border, 16th century

Italy

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Border, 18th century

Belgium

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Edging, 17th century

Italy

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Edging, 18th century

Italy

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Band, 16th-17th century

Italy

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Band, 15th century

Italy

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Border, 17th century

Italy

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Border, 18th century

Netherlands

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Edging, 18th century

Italy

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Border, 18th century

Netherlands

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Edging, 17th-18th century

Italy

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Band, 17th-18th century

Italy

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Band, 17th century

Italy

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Border, 16th century

Italy

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Band, 17th century

Italy

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Border, 17th century

Italy

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Border, 17th century

Italy

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Band, 16th century

Italy

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Band, 16th century

Italy

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Border, 16th century

Italy

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Band, 18th century

Italy

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Border, early 17th century

Italy

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Edging, 17th century

Italy

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Edging, 17th century

Italy

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Edging, 16th century

Italy

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