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Design for an Embroidery

1775–1790

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

A tall border is formed by a seesaw motif, intertwined with a ribbon on top and at the bottom. A rinceau is shown over the bottom border. It consists of a waved ribbon with feather motifs; flower boughs are laid upon it. The field shows four horizontal rows with staggered motifs in alternate ones. The first and fourth row consist of flower boughs, the second one of a ships on the sea, framed below by flower boughs, the third one consists of a bunch of flowers. On top are three horizontal rows with flwoer boughs and a repitition of the third row of the border.

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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