Textile
date: label: Date
content: late 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Embroidery in dark red silk forms the background with the design outlined in back silk reserved on the plain weave foundation cloth. repeating motifs of two birds facing an hour-glass shape with stylized plants on top alternating with a plant form at the bottom of which are two small animals facing each other. Small birds face the large birds. Border of elaborate plants.
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase in memory of Mrs. Lathrop Colgate Harper
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1970-9-2
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Textile
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk on linen Technique: embroidered on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 24.1 x 76.2 cm (9 1/2 x 30 in.)