Band
date: label: Date
content: 18th–19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Linen band embroidered with red silk with a repeating alternation of two patterns. One is a mermaid and the other a bird and cornucopia, each flipped both vertically and horizontally. The bird and cornucopia portion of the design is taken from Vavassore's pattern book "Esemplario di Lavori," published in Venice in 1532.
place: label: made in
content: Greece
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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 Richard C. Greenleaf
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1953-60-2
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Band
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in long-armed cross stitches on plain weave foundation Label: linen embroidered with silk in long-armed cross stitch
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 123.8 x 31.1 cm (48 3/4 x 12 1/4 in.)