Repeating Pattern Collection (page 2)

Chinois Japonais Style, plate XV from Polychrome Ornament
STC286206 Chinois Japonais Style, plate XV from Polychrome Ornament published Paris 1869 (colour litho) by Racinet, Albert Charles August (1825-93) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Carpet from the M zab valley (wool) (detail)
GDG267382 Carpet from the M zab valley (wool) (detail) by Algerian School; Private Collection; (add.info.: tapis de la vallee du M zab; motifs geometriques; geometrique;)

Carpet, detail (wool)
GDG287888 Carpet, detail (wool) by Moroccan School; Morocco; (add.info.: tapis berbere; motifs geometriques; geometrique; ); eGerard Degeorge; Moroccan, out of copyright

Dress silk, late 19th century (silk)
LMG153860 Dress silk, late 19th century (silk) by English School, (19th century); 50.8x79 cm; Leeds Museums and Art Galleries (Temple Newsam House) UK; eLeeds Museums and Galleries; English

Mushroo satin sample from Hyderabad in Deccan
HMP394688 Mushroo satin sample from Hyderabad in Deccan, from The Collection of the Textile Manufacturers of India, by John Forbes Watson, published in 1866 (mixed media) by Indian School

Acheik pattern material (textile)
LIT389552 Acheik pattern material (textile) by Burmese School; (add.info.: normally reserved for royalty, it is now worn for weddings)

Shoulder Bag, c. 1820s (cloth and glass beads)
PEM216387 Shoulder Bag, c.1820s (cloth and glass beads) by American School, (19th century); length: 52 cm; Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, USA; ePeabody Essex Museum; American

Carpet from the M zab valley, detail (wool)
GDG279538 Carpet from the M zab valley, detail (wool) by Algerian School; Private Collection; (add.info.: tapis de la vallee du M zab; motifs geometriques; geometrique; ); eGerard Degeorge; Algerian

Carpet from the M zab valley, detail (wool)
GDG279537 Carpet from the M zab valley, detail (wool) by Algerian School; Private Collection; (add.info.: tapis de la vallee du M zab; motifs geometriques; geometrique; ); eGerard Degeorge; Algerian

Persian No 3, Plate XLVI, from The Grammar of Ornament
STC286223 Persian No 3, Plate XLVI, from The Grammar of Ornament by Owen Jones (1809-68) (colour litho) by Jones, Owen (1809-74); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; English

Assyrian Style, plate XVII from Polychrome Ornament
STC286209 Assyrian Style, plate XVII from Polychrome Ornament, engraved by Dufour and Lebreton, published Paris, 1869 (colour litho) by Racinet

Dish decorated with a donkey, from Iran, Seljuk Period, 12th-13th century (ceramic)
XIR199106 Dish decorated with a donkey, from Iran, Seljuk Period, 12th-13th century (ceramic) by Islamic School; diamL 32.5 cm; Louvre, Paris, France; out of copyright

Green iguana in Tortuguero, Costa Rica
Portrait of a Green iguana (Iguana iguana); Tortuguero, Costa Rica

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