Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1840
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Elvira Giovacchini, Italian
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Signature and floral motifs within 5.5 cm (2 3/16") border of the twelve Zodiac signs divided by season. In each corner is a picture of a person personifying one of the four seasons. Idea of Zodiac border continues from 15th-16th century woven tapestries.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1981-28-4
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in cross and double running stitches on a plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 35 x 41.3 cm (13 3/4 x 16 1/4 in.)