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Embroidery sample
ca. 1770
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Dark purple uncut voided velvet with small triangular pattern embroidered in elaborate border pattern of flowers and leaves in silver, brilliants, and white silk.
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Details
- Title: Embroidery sample
- Date Created: ca. 1770
- Location Created: France
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread, paper Technique: embroidery on uncut voided supplementary warp pile (velvet); in paper envelope
- Credit line: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund
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