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Embroidery sample
1775–1805
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Floral design embroidered with multicolored silk, silver and gold threads and wire coils, stamped gold appliqué and mirrored glass beads on a solid green velvet ground.
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Details
- Title: Embroidery sample
- Date Created: 1775–1805
- Location Created: France
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Medium: silk thread, flat gold and silver metal thread wrapped on a silk core, gold and silver metal wire coils, metal sequins, bezeled mirrored glass beads, stamped gold appliqué on silk ground, paper enclosure Technique: embroidered on cut supplementary warp pile (velvet) Label: Satin, stem, and knot stitches embroidered in silk and gold and silver metallic thread; embroidered gold and silver metal wire coils, sequins, bezeled-mirrored glass beads, and stamped gold appliqué on cut supplementary warp pile (velvet); paper enclosure
- Credit line: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund
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