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Hearst Museum object titled Apron, accession number 9-21297, described as Permanent-blue Butcher’s apron. Smocked on front sides in white. A single and one double line of smocking anchored at the ends with herringbone stitches. Front slit with underlying panel provides a pocket in the 13 cm waistband. Pocket marked by white repeating stitching. Overall length: 78.5 cm; width at hemline, including underlying panels: 102 cm; waistband 59 cm long.
Hearst Museum object titled Brick frame, accession number 9-99, described as Pieces of brick frames into which Numbers 9-93-98 were set; fragmented in various sizes; 20 in number; form a rectangular frame. Pottery?
Hearst Museum object titled Paper cutouts, accession number 9-21370, described as Eight paper cutouts mounted on gray cardboard. Clockwise from upper left: 1. Bird on berried twig over cabbage (magpie? homophonous with “joy”; cabbage with “wealth.” 2. Fisherman with fish (homophonous with “plenty”. 3. Bird as in #1 over unknown loop. 4. Reverse of #1. 5. Bird over loop. 6. Cock over chrysanthemum. 7. Bird in tree. 8. Medallion scalloped inside with the legend “The Flower of Freedom.” Panel 43.2 x 27.5 cm
Hearst Museum object titled Slippers, accession number 9-21292a,b, described as Pair of silk-covered paper slippers. Red rayon uppers edged with sapphire blue strips of rayon on three top halves, cobalt blue on the fourth (“This difference of the fourth upper edge is analogous to the different pattern of the fourth side lining of [9-21293]”, donor’s comment). Heel seams covered with pointed strips of gold paper; front seams overcast with hunter green silk thread in a long stitch. Paper body of uppers has a diagonal pattern of squares with cross, imitating a cloth lining. Cardboard sole covered with red paper above, white cloth below, loosely stitched to uppers with red thread. Overall length: 7.5 cm; width at heel: 2.2 cm. The two slippers are tacked together.
Hearst Museum object titled Tile, accession number 9-94, described as Tile with embossed character from “the door through which the examiner entered”
Hearst Museum object titled Tile, accession number 9-96, described as Tile with embossed character from “the door through which the examiner entered”
Hearst Museum object titled Tile, accession number 9-97, described as Tile with embossed character from “the door through which the examiner entered”
Hearst Museum object titled Tile, accession number 9-93, described as Tile with embossed character from “the door through which the examiner entered”
Hearst Museum object titled Tile, accession number 9-95, described as Tile with embossed character from “the door through which the examiner entered”
Hearst Museum object titled Tile, accession number 9-98, described as Tile with embossed character from “the door through which the examiner entered”

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