Fragment
date: label: Date
content: 16th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Linen, embroidered in red silk and metal thread. Pattern of detached motifs in alternate rows; one row a stylized plant evolved from fleur-de-lys; second irregularly-shaped floral spray. Red silk running stitch form outline of pattern; parts worked in couched metal thread (gilded parchment wound on linen core. Loops at one end for fastening by cord. Backed with linen pieces.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Howard J. Sachs
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1968-2-2
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Fragment
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, metal thread on linen Tecnhnique: running sittch embroidery and couched metal thread
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 44 x 34 cm (17 5/16 x 13 3/8 in.)