Embroidery sample
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1800
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Paper envelope containing manufacturer's embroidery sample for a man's long coat. Dark purple cut velvet embroidered in elaborate border design of fern-like leaves worked in silver metal bullion and blue glass; flowers in pink, purple and gold with gold glass centers; and red, orange, green and gold leaves. One edge is bordered with stylized carnation flower heads in pink, white and green with glass and silver bullion centers.
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 Au Panier Fleuri Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1932-1-18
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Embroidery sample
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, metal-wrapped silk cord, metal sequins, bullion and glass, paper Technique: embroidered in satin, stem and couching stitches on cut supplementary warp pile (velvet); in paper envelope Label: Satin and stem stitches embroidered in silk and gold metallic thread; embroidered gold and silver metal wire coils, sequins, bezeled mirrored glass beads, and bezeled blue and yellow glass beads on cut supplementary warp pile (velvet); paper enclosure
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (paper folder): 35.5 x 26.6 cm (14 in. x 10 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sample): 32 x 17.8 cm (12 5/8 in. x 7 in.)