Wall pocket
date: label: Date
content: 17th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Wall pocket in red satin, embroidered in polychrome silks and metal threads. Four pockets and a shaped top, each decorated with flowers, worked in satin stitch and shaded, and outlined with metal thread and with couched metal thread for foliage. Fruit, wheat, and birds also feature in the design. Edged with gold lace, bound with linen tape and backed with red brocatelle.
place: label: made in
content: Germany, Austria, or Switzerland
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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 Richard C. Greenleaf Esq. in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1950-121-51
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Wall pocket
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, metal Technique: embroidery on rust-red silk satin in stem, satin and knot stitches using dyed silks; couched gold-wrapped silk and strips of silver foil; plus, attached silver spangles
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 60 x 20 cm (23 5/8 x 7 7/8 in.)