Letter case
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Letter case, made as a singel panel and folded, embroidered in silk and metal threads with paste jewels and spangles on a white satin ground, with yellow silk lining and silk tassels at corners (one missing). Embroidered with an urn with a flowering tree, surrounded by swags, bow-knots and an ornamental border.
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 the Marquis Val Verde de la Sierra
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1924-27-5
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Letter case
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, gilt foil-wrapped silk, paste jewels, gilt foil spangles on silk foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, stem and couching stitches on satin weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 24.1 x 22.2 cm (9 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.)