Textile
date: label: Date
content: late 17th century–early 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: White satin valence embroidered in Chenille; shades of gold color, brown, green, blue and rose. Pattern: horizontal arrangement of heavy curves and shell shape, alternating with life size flowers in clusters; above, narrow border in baroque curves. Piece is backed with unbleached linen and worked through it. Much of gold color chenille couched.
place: label: made in
content: France
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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 Harvey Smith
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1968-87-3
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Textile
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk on silk; linen Technique: chenille embroidery and couched chenille on satin weave; backed with linen
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 200 x 35 cm (6 ft. 6 3/4 in. x 13 3/4 in.)