Tassel
date: label: Date
content: 17th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: White linen tassel with a bell-shaped wooden core covered in knotted linen, from which hang four elaborate interconnected knottings in the form of human figures. The figures are decorated with metal wire, foil strips, and some paillettes.
place: label: made in
content: Italy, Europe
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1962-51-30
objectType: label: Type
content: trimmings
label: Type
content: Tassel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: linen, silk, metal wire, foil strip, paillettes, wood Technique: braided and knotted
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 14 x 11.1 cm (5 1/2 x 4 3/8 in.)