Textile
date: label: Date
content: early 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Border from the bottom of a skirt, of heavy twill weave cotton, embroidered in polychrome wool. A formal arrangement of stylized enframements, with foliage flower clusters, and lattice-like forms between. Worked in chain stitch, knots etc. Skilful shading of blues, reds and greens in larger areas. Material is 17 1/2 " wide and three selvages present, on reverse; band is 1m long and 22cm top to bottom.
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: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1954-167-3
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Textile
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: wool on cotton Technique: crewel embroidery on twill weave
label: Dimensions
content: Other (band): 100 cm (39 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Other (top to bottom): 22 cm (8 11/16 in.)