Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Part of a border, probably for a dress, with a main section composed of vertical lancet leaves alternating with a floral sprig. Every third sprig is the stem for a large exotic flower reaching up into the field. Narrow lower band a repeat of small rosettes and short bands. Colors are predominantly green, tan and brown on a natural linen ground.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Date
- 19th century
- Credit Line
- Gift of Josephine Howell
- Medium
- Medium: linen, silk Technique: long floating satin stitch and applique on plain weave
- Dimensions
- H x W: 35.5 x 51.5 cm (14 in. x 20 1/4 in.)
- Type
- embroidery & stitching
- Border
