Ribbon samples
date: label: Date
content: 1919
name: label: Designer
content: Herman A. Elsberg, (American, 1869–1938)
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Eight samples of wide ribbon. Background of plain weave with a design of interlacing lines outlined in gold thread. Highly stylized gold rose blossoms and scrolling lines form a border on each side. Both selvages present on all samples. Component "a" has interlacing lines of bright and dark red with gold thread accents.
place: label: made in
content: Lyon, France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Anonymous bequest in memory of Albert and Rebecca Elsberg
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-82-116-a/h
objectType: label: Type
content: woven textiles
label: Type
content: Ribbon samples
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: compound weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (a): 105 × 27.9 cm (41 5/16 in. × 11 in.)