Wall pocket
date: label: Date
content: 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Wall pocket with two pockets and a rounded top. Made from coral-colored silk taffeta, embroidered in gold and silver threads. The lower pocket has a house surrounded by flowering vines. The upper pocket shows a cardinal's hat with flowering vines. At the top, a bishop's mitre with a red stone inset, and crossed croziers. Trimmed with gold fringe and gold lace. Pockets lined with blue silk. Backed with leather.
place: label: made in
content: Germany, Austria, or Switzerland
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf Esq. in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1950-121-50
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Wall pocket
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, metal Technique: embroidery on coral silk plain weave moire. Stem and satin stitches plus couching using gold and silver-wrapped silk; attached bobbin-lace of gold-wrapped silk.
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 45.5 x 20 cm (17 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.)