Letter case
date: label: Date
content: 17th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Letter case with embroidery in colored silks and metallic thread in design of flowers and a coat of arms.
place: label: made in
content: France or Spain
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Marquis Val Verde de la Sierra
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1924-27-6
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Letter case
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: paper, silk, gold-wrapped silk, gold wire, foil, and spangles on silk foundation Technique: embroidered on paper faced with silk plain weave in surface satin and couching stitches with attached coils of gold wire and foil, flat strips of gold foil, flattened loops of silver and gold spangles on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 18 x 13.5 cm (7 1/16 x 5 5/16 in.)