Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Mezzaro in a multicolored design on a white ground. Sprays of roses and other flowers connected vertically by thorny stems. Background covered with tiny black dots. Double floral border.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Date
- 1800–1850
- Credit Line
- Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt, from the textile collection of Mrs. Abram Stevens Hewitt
- Medium
- Medium: cotton Technique: block printed
- Dimensions
- H x W: 233 × 270.5 cm (7 ft. 7 3/4 in. × 8 ft. 10 1/2 in.)
- Type
- printed, dyed & painted textiles
- Mezzaro (shawl or headcovering)
