Flounce of white silk bobbin lace (blonde) with repeating flowers along the lower edge with a small serpentine floral border above and small flowerettes sprinkled above; probably used on a skirt.

Blue, green, mauve and brown floral sprigs in ikat pattern on brown stippled ground; narrow stripes with black dotted borders and red, blue, green, and mauve motifs

Pair of ivory satin side-laced ankle boots with off-white grosgrain fabric piping, flat heel and square toe. Beige leather sole.

Crescent-shaped textile fragment; stylized floral pattern of green and brown geometric floral motifs and lines

Arborescent pattern with bright orange ground and blue branches and leaves with yellow and blue flowers, selvedge on right

From the time when the Ottoman Turks restored the glory of the Eastern Empire with the conquest of Constantinople, their arabesque ornament fascinated Western designers. This intricate repeat-patterned "Moresque" silk could only have been woven on a Jacquard loom of the nineteenth century, so exquisite is its curvilinear detail.

Flounce of white silk bobbin lace (blonde) with repeating floral springs along the bottom and small flowerettes sprinkled above; probably used on a skirt.

Brownish red ground, dark yellow scrolled vines with blue and yellow flowers, small blue bellflowers, and green and brown leaves with striped or spotted patterns; glazed surface

Red ground with bright yellow floral trails pattern with large stippled leaves, large black-dotted and yellow pods, small dots or berries, and small yellow blossoms

Arborescent pattern with light brown stippled ground and brown leaves and branches with yellow and white flowers

Brown floral pattern on striped ground: lighter stripes with chrysanthemum blossoms in white dotted lines, darker stripes with geometric leaf motifs in light brown dotted lines and ground, overprinted with dark brown floral sprigs

1830 / 1839, France

1830 / 1839, France

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