Border
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Part of a border, probably for a dress, with a main section composed of vertical lancet leaves alternating with a floral sprig. Every third sprig is the stem for a large exotic flower reaching up into the field. Narrow lower band a repeat of small rosettes and short bands. Colors are predominantly green, tan and brown on a natural linen ground.
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 Josephine Howell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1973-43-4
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Border
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: linen, silk Technique: long floating satin stitch and applique on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 35.5 x 51.5 cm (14 in. x 20 1/4 in.)