Textile

early 19th century

Coffee-colored velvet embroidered with golden bees in off-set repeat.

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Details

Title: Textile
Date Created: early 19th century
Location Created: France
Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
Medium: Medium: silk, metal-wrapped silk Technique: supplementary warp velvet in a 3/1 twill foundation, cut loops. Embroidered in satin stitch using a 3-ply metal-wrapped silk thread.

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