Design for an Embroidery
date: label: Date
content: 1775–1790
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A tall border is formed by a seesaw motif, intertwined with a ribbon on top and at the bottom. A rinceau is shown over the bottom border. It consists of a waved ribbon with feather motifs; flower boughs are laid upon it. The field shows four horizontal rows with staggered motifs in alternate ones. The first and fourth row consist of flower boughs, the second one of a ships on the sea, framed below by flower boughs, the third one consists of a bunch of flowers. On top are three horizontal rows with flwoer boughs and a repitition of the third row of the border.
place: label: made in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1914-21-52
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, brush and gouache on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 29.6 × 34.7 cm (11 5/8 × 13 11/16 in.)