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Textile
late 16th–early 17th century
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Section of horizontal border filled with arabesque foliage and stems enclosing urn and flowers; guard border with symmetrical stems, foliage, interlacery. Couched red and white satin outlined in heavy gold thread caught down in bunches; this also forms stems. Dark yellow-green wool ground.
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Details
- Title: Textile
- Date Created: late 16th–early 17th century
- Location Created: France
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Medium: silk, wool Technique: satin appliqué, embroidered and couched, on even sided twill
- Credit line: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf
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