Bedcover
date: label: Date
content: 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design: Border on all four sides of fan-like shapes alternate with sprays of flowers. In the center a circle containing a figure holding a bow, wearing a sheath of arrows and carrying a spear. Embroidery losses in this area. Central circle is surrounded with a floral wreath. Floral sprays coming in diagonally from each corner. Isolated birds and floral sprigs on the field. Piece is surrounded with a woven fringe where the wefts have been braided into deep triangles. Colored silk has been tied to the crossings of the braids.
place: label: made in
content: Mexico
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Elinor Merrell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1995-50-341
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Bedcover
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: cotton foundation, wool, silk, metal-wrapped silk, sequins, glass beads and metal coils Technique: embroidery in stem, satin and chain stitches on 1\2 twill
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 257 x 193 cm (8 ft. 5 3/16 in. x 6 ft. 4 in.)