Tassel
date: label: Date
content: 17th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: White linen tassel with two balls (of different sizes) connected into a barbell-shape forming the base. Core is braided over with linen yarns worked in groups of five and six yarns for a basket-weave effect. Around the base protrude small, braided, spherical elements and from the bottom of the base hang five elements resembling the protrusions around the base.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1962-51-58
objectType: label: Type
content: trimmings
label: Type
content: Tassel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: linen, wood Technique: braided Label: Braided and knotted linen, wood core
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 17.1 x 6 cm (6 3/4 x 2 3/8 in.)