Towel
date: label: Date
content: 1824
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Long vertical towel of undyed linen with three broad bands of embroidery and drawn work in white linen thread in symmetrical designs. Motifs include: horsemen, floral forms, initials "M.O.D." and 1824, lion and a female figure, and geometrical diaper pattern. Deep macramé border at lower end hand stitched onto linen strip. One plain cloth selvage.
place: label: made in
content: Denmark
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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: 1953-60-8
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Towel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: linen Technique: withdrawn element with darned motifs; macramé
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 145 × 34.5 cm (57 1/16 × 13 9/16 in.)