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Foliate Moresques with Dark Backgrounds: Designs for Jewelry, a Casket, Spoons, Etc., with a Cross at Top Center
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Edith I. Welch gift; to Harvard Art Museums 2016
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gift of Edith I. Welch
Title: Foliate Moresques with Dark Backgrounds: Designs for Jewelry, a Casket, Spoons, Etc., with a Cross at Top Center
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