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Balch House, Oak Park, Illinois, United States

Description: The facade of the house is horizontal in orientation and the surface treatment appears to be a beige stucco with heavy wood trim.
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Date: 1911
Creator: Wright, Frank Lloyd

Caixa Forum Barcelona

Description: Caixa Forum is the former Casarramona textile factory. The canopy sheltering the main entrance was designed by Arata Isozaki.
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Date: 1911/2002
Creator: Isozaki, Arata & Puig y Cadafalch, José

Dinner Dress

Description: Late afternoon/dinner dress of mauve purple silk velvet with lace and beading.
Date: 1911

Ensemble

Description: Chinese ensemble of blue silk with multi-colored embroidery. A) Jacket/Bodice. Knee-length, A-line, standing collar, long sleeves with white cuffs embroidered with scenes of Chinese people in various situations. Center front opening with black frogs fastened with spherical gold buttons. Wide band at collar and part of front opening, and hem with embroidery of figures on brown ground. Field of jacket with large multi-colored embroidered flowers and butterflies. B) Pants. Matching. Drawstring … more
Date: 1911/1930

Head

Description: No Description Available.
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Date: 1911~/1912~
Creator: Modigliani, Amedeo

Jacket

Description: Chinese jacket of red damask silk with multicolored embroidery. Almost knee-length, with long sleeves. Floral damask pattern, embroidery of flowers, moths(?), foliage, and other symbols. Angled center front opening bordered with blue, fastened with carved/chased gold sphere buttons and loops. Around opening, hem, collar, and cuffs is embroidered band in blues and white scrolls, with outer border of gold and black. Lined in pink silk. No labels.
Date: 1911/1930

Men's boots

Description: Men’s button-up boots of black leather with uppers resembling spats. Lightly brogued “bulldog toes”. Low stacked heel. Stamp inside neck of boot: "535 9246 D" Manufacturer's stamp on bottom of sole: "Peters / Black Diamond / Brand"
Date: 1911/1913
Creator: Peters Shoe Co.

Off-white tabblier

Description: Tunic top or tabblier of off-white lace, "stomacher" at center front, trimmed in floral lace at neckline, center waist and apron.
Date: 1911

Skirt

Description: Red silk cheongsam style skirt - ankle length taper off skirt fully lined with silk crepe. Hand embroidered silk design motifs - Vertical gold rickrack creates the illusion of the traditional aproned skirt popular in the Qing Dynasty. This is probably a transitional garment going from the ancient style to the more contemporary garments of the 1920's and 1930's. There is a Neiman Marcus and a People’s Republic of China label inside.
Date: 1911/1929

Wedding skirt

Description: Chinese Wedding Skirt for a Member of the Court. Mid-calf length wrap-style skirt comprised of two panels of red brocade silk with chrysanthemum pattern attached to 2.25" waistband of green wool; panels connect with interior button of green wool and skirt is secured with ties of green wool that wrap around the waistband. Panels are unadorned where wrap overlaps and finely pleated where panel is visible. On pleated sections are long strips of dark blue silk piped and backed in light blue silk; s… more
Date: 1911/1930
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