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Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Pattern of floral sprigs in green, blue and brown pile in grid of brown pile on a silver faced white silk ground.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Date
18th century
Credit Line
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
Medium
Medium: silk and metal Technique: cut and uncut pile in a silk foundation faced with silver metal (velvet)
Dimensions
Warp x Weft: 15.8 x 11.5 cm (6 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
Type
woven textiles
Fragment
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