Tassel
date: label: Date
content: 17th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Linen tassel, braided and knotted. Single loop attached to pear-shaped unit from which hang three elaborate knottings in shape of human figures holding on to one another. From bottom of pear-shaped unit hangs a ball decoration, with smaller knotted balls. Silk bows stitched to top part of pear-shaped unit. Hair of human figures made of tarnished metal wire.
place: label: made in
content: Italy, Europe
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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 Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1962-51-25
objectType: label: Type
content: trimmings
label: Type
content: Tassel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: linen, metal wire, silk Technique: braided and knotted
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 14 x 11 cm (5 1/2 x 4 5/16 in.)