Band
date: label: Date
content: late 16th–early 17th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Border of natural linen, embroidered with red silk; the red outlines the details of the pattern but also fills in the background entirely. Central trunk entwined with wildly curving branches; flowers, birds and butterflies throughout. Trimmed on one long side with gold bobbin lace.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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 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: 1962-52-3
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Band
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in counted back and stem stitches on plain weave foundation; bobbin lace edging Label: linen embroidered with silk in counted back and stem stitches
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 21.9 x 83.8 cm (8 5/8 x 33 in.)