Card case
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: White silk letter case, worked as a single panel and folded. Embroidered in silver threads with scenes of animals and flowers, with swagged garlands.
place: label: made in
content: France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1931-43-12
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Card case
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk and silver foil-wrapped silk embroidery on silk foundation Technique: embroidered in chain, stem and satin stitches on plain weave foundation Technique detail: embroidery on white silk plain weave; chain, stem and satin stitches using dyed silks; chain stitch using silver foil-wrapped silk; worked as a single panel, folded
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 12.2 x 16.8 cm (4 13/16 x 6 5/8 in.)