Skirt front
date: label: Date
content: 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Skirt front panel of ivory silk satin, seamed down the center front, with a slit for a pocket and a tie closure. Embroidered in polychrome silks with various flowers including tulip, rose, carnation, columbine, and others, with stems worked in silver and gold thread. Border at bottom of scalloped shaped frame to flowers worked in gold thread. At the center bottom, a shield-shaped medallion framed by feathers and with a plumed helmet at the top; inside the medallion is a bull with a star above his head. At the top edge, silver lace and soft ruching, and the remains of green raw silk tie tapes; lined with white linen.
place: label: made in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase from Pauline Riggs Noyes Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1951-173-1
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Skirt front
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk embroidery on silk foundation, lined with linen Technique: embroidered in satin and stem stitches on satin weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 102 x 96.3 cm (40 1/8 x 37 7/8 in.)