Spectacle case
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Covering for spectacle case is net embroidered in polychrome silks (tent stitch). One side showing flowers with butterflies and crab and the other, medallions containing people, architectural forms, and flowers, with spaces filled with frets. Case is edged with braid and fitted that the top and bottom with ribbons and beads.
place: label: made in
content: China
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Marian Hague
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1939-37-18
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Spectacle case
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: canvas, silk, glass bead Technique: embroidered in tent stitch
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 41 x 7.5 cm (16 1/8 x 2 7/8 in.)