Wall pocket
date: label: Date
content: late 17th–early 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Wall pocket with three pockets and rounded top, made of dark green silk and decorated with floral designs of applied and padded silk in strong relief; outlined with gold thread and paillettes. Each pocket has a different design of symmetrical floral sprig in green, blue, red, and dark cream. At the top, a winged cherub with a painted face. Edged with fringed gold braid.
place: label: made in
content: Switzerland or Italy
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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: 1950-121-49
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Wall pocket
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, metallic thread, metal paillettes, gilt wire Technique: embroidered on plain weave; appliqué of padded silk satin stich and couching on natural linen plain weave; couched gold-wrapped silk and gilt wire plus attached coils of gilt wire and spangles
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 48.5 x 17.5 cm (19 1/8 x 6 7/8 in.)