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Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Solidly beaded, multicolored border fragment with a design of leafy scrolls that enclose large blossoms. Glass beads are in shades of red, blue, yellow, orange, and pink against a ground of opalescent white beads.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Date
19th century
Credit Line
Gift of Harvey Smith
Medium
Medium: cotton, glass beads Technique: bead embroidery on plain weave
Dimensions
H x W: 17.5 × 64 cm (6 7/8 × 25 3/16 in.)
Type
embroidery & stitching
Band
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