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Embroidery

17th century

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Flat hanging; red satin, embroidered in gold and silk with ornamentation by brilliants and sequins. Design: small figure of the Virgin in white, sacred initial on skirt and crown; Virgin's body in white silk stitches; Infant in arms. Rayed background to head. Architectural framework in various couched metals, canopy in relief. Border in couched metal and sequins.

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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