Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Three pieces of embroidered linen, with design arranged in narrow panels. Stylized flower heads on either side of straight vine, worked in red outlined in pink; in gold thread outlined in brown; and in green for stems. Panels separated by bands of white drawn work. Probably taken from trouser legs.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Date
- 19th century
- Credit Line
- Gift of Provident Securities Company from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Crocker
- Medium
- Medium: silk and metal embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross stitch on plain weave
- Dimensions
- H x W (a): 33 x 41 cm (13 x 16 1/8 in.)
- H x W (b): 32 x 34 cm (12 5/8 x 13 3/8 in.)
- H x W (c): 27 x 38 cm (10 5/8 x 14 15/16 in.)
- Type
- embroidery & stitching
- Textile
