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Tropiques, 1941.
Editors Aimé Césaire (Martinican, 1913–2008) and René Ménil (Martinican, 1907–2004).
Height: 7 7/8 in. (20 cm)
Gift of Friends of the Thomas J. Watson Library (PQ3940 .A47 no.2(July 1941))
Grapevine and Squirrels, early 19th century.
Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910).
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, 74 3/4 x 31 3/4 in. (189.9 x 80.6 cm).
Purchase, Bequests of Harrison Cady and Louisa McNeary, by exchange, and Bequest of Dorothy Graham Bennett, 1987 (1987.195)
Dress, 1725–40.
Italian. Linen.
Purchase, Irene Lewisohn Bequest, 1993 (1993.17a, b)
Imperial Court Robe, 17th century.
Qing dynasty (1644–1911). China.
Silk and metallic thread tapestry (kesi), 56 x 74 in. (142.2 x 188 cm).
Bequest of William Christian Paul, 1929 (30.75.5)
Armchair (one of four), 1755–65.
Tapestry probably woven at Royal Manufactory Beauvais, 1664–1789.
British and French, probably Beauvais.
Mahogany; wool and silk (18-21 warps per inch, 7-9 per centimeter), 44 x 32 x 28 in. (111.8 x 81.3 x 71.1 cm).
Gift of Irwin Untermeyer, 1964 (64.101.987)
Coat, ca. 1833.
British. Silk.
Catharine Breyer Van Bomel Foundation Fund, 1981 (1981.210.4)
Stand for a Qur’an Manuscript, dated A.H. 761/1360 CE.
Zain(?) Hasan Sulaiman Isfahani (Iranian).
Wood (teak); carved, painted, and inlaid, H. 45 in. (114.3 cm), W. 50 in. (127 cm), D. 16 1/2 in. (41.9 cm).
Rogers Fund, 1910 (10.218)
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