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Embroidery sample

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Floral pattern embroidered with multicolored silk and blue, silver and gold glass beads on a patterned black cisele velvet.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Date
1775–1805
Credit Line
Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund
Medium
Medium: silk and colored glass beads on a silk ground Technique: embroidered on cut voided supplementary warp pile (velvet)
Dimensions
H x W: 31.8 x 19.7 cm (12 1/2 x 7 3/4 in.)
Type
embroidery & stitching
Embroidery sample
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