Textile
date: label: Date
content: 1700–1750
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Deep horizontal panel of white silk with a design of double zigzag lines alternating horizontally with a row of lozenges. Multicolored silk embroidery, metallic thread and flat metal strips in a massive design of large-scale realistically rendered flowers and foliage combined with ornamental scrolls and other decorative motifs. Backed with tan linen. Band of red taffeta at top.
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 Mrs. Walter S. Gurnee
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-18-1
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Textile
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk and metallic thread on a silk ground Technique: embroidered on a compound foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 157 x 121.7 cm (5 ft. 1 13/16 in. x 47 15/16 in.)