Fragment
date: label: Date
content: 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Piece of crewel embroidery in colored wool yarns with scattered motifs in a grid arrangement. The motifs do not repeat in a regular manner but alternate a floral motif (eight different ones, sometimes facing in different directions) with an animal or bird motif (eight different ones). Different colors are used when a motif is repeated.
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 Mrs. H.P. Davison
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1974-72-12-a
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Fragment
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: crewel wool on cotton Technique: embroidered in chain stitch (needle-made), knots and satin stitch on 2/2 twill weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 153.7 x 95.3 cm (60 1/2 x 37 1/2 in.)