Border fragment
date: label: Date
content: 16th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Border fragment of natural linen embroidered in gold, silver and colored silks, mainly red and green. Design shows a symmetrical arrangement of curving vines and flowers with two wyverns confronted. Between the wyverns is a small eagle with wings spread and head in profile. Within a frame made by the vine tendrils is a ring-like shape with the cypher "SN" or "CN." Much of the gold is laid down over the colored silk producing a luminous quality.
place: label: made in
content: Italy or Germany
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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 through gift of Anonymous Donor
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1949-64-16
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Border fragment
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: linen, silk, metal-wrapped silk Technique: silk embroidery using back and montenegrin cross stitch; metal thread embroidery using chain, detached buttonhole or looping (sometimes padded), satin, overcast loops, and whipped stem stitches on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 11 x 51 cm (4 5/16 x 20 1/16 in.)