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Textile
late 18th century
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Ivory (originally pink) satin ground. Horizontal rectangular panel. Central symmetrical basket of flowers. Border of serpentine interlacing lines enclosing dots. Floral sprays springing from serpentines. All embroidery in chain stitch-originally probably white. Both selvages present.
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Details
- Title: Textile
- Date Created: late 18th century
- Location Created: France
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: material: plain satin embroidered with silks Technique: embroidered
- Credit line: Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt
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