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1796

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Dark blue wool ground embroidered in coarse outline and filling stitches in polychrome wool yarns. The large central medallion has an interlace pattern inside a stylized floral wreath. Above this are a reindeer and horse and rider, and below it a pendant framing the initials "JHJD." A medallion in each corner contains a stylized floral pattern, and there is a continuous scrolling border around the four sides. The date 1796 appears near the lower edge.

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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