Border
date: label: Date
content: 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Cream-colored linen, plain cloth weave, worked in bright rose or magenta silk; the design arranged perpendicularly is of a symmetrical vine and flower, with confronted peacocks in the foliage, and above, framed by vines, a crowned eagle with spread wings. This section of design is set off by straight border stripe of embroidery, and at edges are borders of flower heads on curving stems. The stitch is a loose satin stitch. Parts of design characterized by a spiked outline, sometimes found in Spanish embroidery. Design ends at bottom but piece is cut at top indicating that panel was originally longer.
place: label: made in
content: Spain
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1955-98-3
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Border
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: linen, silk Technique: plain weave embroidered using satin stitch
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 50 x 27 cm (19 11/16 x 10 5/8 in.)