Textile
date: label: Date
content: 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: White cotton quilted in yellow silk and embroidered in red silk back stitch. Main design is a large circle with inner circles; inner circle contains the pious pelican; outer circle has paired winged gryphons with a man holding tails; guard border. Corner, crowned double-headed eagle. At side, horizontal border, confronted mermaids playing flutes. Portuguese design showing Indian influence.
place: label: made in
content: Portugal
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1958-105-2
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Textile
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: cotton, silk Technique: quilted and embroidered
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 153 × 182 cm (60 1/4 in. × 5 ft. 11 5/8 in.)