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The Greenleaf Collection: Textile Arts from the 16th to the Early 19th Century
The Greenleaf Collection: Textile Arts from the 16th to the Early 19th Century
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Exhibition catalogue of the Greenleaf Collection of textile arts, a bequest to the Cooper Union Museum, dated January 1964. It opens with a biography of collector Richard Cranch Greenleaf, then lists numbered objects with accession numbers, previous owners, dates and places: men's waistcoats, a large section of needle and bobbin laces (Punto Tagliato, Reticello, Point de Venise, Alençon, Mechlin, Binche and others), embroideries, woven silks and velvets, caps and coifs, wig stands, tassels, purses and small objects. It ends with a lace glossary and a bibliography.

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