Bell pull
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Bell pull made of canvas with embroidery, arranged as cross borders, in floral and geometric designs (one with initials "A. W." and date "1752"); brass handle at either end, pierced in design of Chinese type. Embroidery in canvas stitches. Bell pull is backed with yellow cotton plain cloth.
place: label: made in
content: Germany
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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 Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1943-46-69-a/c
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Bell pull
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, wool, and metal thread on linen canvas, brass handle, cotton plain cloth Technique: counted stitch embroidery
label: Dimensions
content: Overall: 194 x 11.2 cm (6 ft. 4 3/8 in. x 4 7/16 in.)