Border
date: label: Date
content: 16th–17th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Natural linen plain weave from which sections have been cut out to create a curving vine border with an edge of pendant blossoms. A button hole stitch is used to couch a gold metallic yarn to the cut edges, the metallic yarn looped at close intervals to create a picot effect.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
content: Textiles Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1976-35-1
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Border
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk and metallic embroidery, linen foundation Technique: cutwork and embroidery on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 14.5 × 44.5 cm (5 11/16 × 17 1/2 in.)