Panel
date: label: Date
content: 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Central pale blue field with three borders: inner narrow, deep red; yellow main wide, and outer light blue. Pale blue field: central fountain within an architectural frame the focal point of which is a figure in a shell under a canopy, two horses and a water nymph. This is a surrounded by Chinese-style figures in various poses and putti occupied by a variety of activities. Red inner border: A figure in each corner and a bowl of flowers in the center of each side. Yellow main border: Top - in the center, a female figure before a stove and brazier (representation of Winter?); left, woman holding a spear seated before trees with two dogs at her feet (Diana?); right, standing female figure with Cupid and lamb (?) pierced by an arrow (?); extreme left and right, standing pseudo–American Indian (?) holding an arrow.
label: Description
content: Right: In center, a seated female figure holding grapes in one hand and a cup in the other with a kneeling winged figure offering a bowl filled with flowers (representation of Fall?); to the right, figure seated under a canopy, kneeling figure holding an umbrella (?), standing figure, dog on a mound; extreme left and right, standing figure in European dress holding a spear.
label: Description
content: Left: In center, a seated female figure holding a garland of flowers with fruit and a lion at her feet (representation of Summer?); to the left and right and extreme left and right, the same as in the border to the right.
label: Description
content: Bottom: In center, a female figure seated on rocks holding wheat with a spade, watering can, sickle, and a rake at her feet (representation of Spring?); to left and right an extreme left and right the same as in the top border. In each corner the Pious Pelican in a nest of thorns. In each bottom corner, a king seated on a canopied throne.
label: Description
content: Outer blue border: Bouquet of flowers in each corner connected by a tasseled swag.
label: Description
content: Entirely lined with linen (patched at top) included in the quilting and some of the embroidery.
place: label: possibly made in
content: Portugal
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1969-62-1
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Panel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, wool, linen Technique: silk appliqué, embroidered and quilted (stuffed with wool)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 264 x 240 cm (103 15/16 x 94 1/2 in.)