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Fragment Of Decorative Insertion

This is a Fragment of decorative insertion. Its medium is linen and its technique is embroidery on bobbin-made foundation. It is a part of the Textiles department.

This object was donated by Thomas Snell.

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Fragment Of Decorative Insertion; linen; 1897-8-323

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