Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Yellow horizontally ribbed ground. Large-scale polychrome silk embroidered design of flowers, fruit, ornamental rococo scrolls, and architectural motifs. Trimmed with silver galloon. Backed with red linen. Front composed of a number of small pieces. Made of material from 18th century France.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Date
- 19th century
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Frederick W. Vanderbilt
- Medium
- Medium: silk; metal thread; linen Technique: embroidered
- Dimensions
- H x W: 58.2 x 57.7 cm (22 15/16 x 22 11/16 in.)
- Type
- embroidery & stitching
- Fragments
