Tablecover
date: label: Date
content: 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Ivory taffeta embroidered in bright colors with chinoiserie-style figures supported by silver scrolls and interspersed with flowers. The central panel has three figures beneath a parasol with figures in each corner. The whole group is surmounted by a crescent. The field is sprinkled with birds, butterflies and floral sprigs. The border has architectural elements with birds, owls and acrobats.
place: label: made in
content: Europe
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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: 1967-46-1
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Tablecover
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, metal-wrapped silk Technique: satin, stem, and knot stitches on plain weave; couching on metallic threads
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 157.5 x 132.1 cm (5 ft. 2 in. x 52 in.)