Skirt fragment
date: label: Date
content: late 18th–early 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Skirt fragment in all black with a pattern in cut and uncut pile. Narrow decorated vertical stripes on ground scattered with tiny sprigs. Deep hem decoration of symmetrical scenes of fishing figures on either side of a stream swirling under a double-arched bridge alternating with dueling figures in front of allée of obelisks. Portico topped by coronet and with unidentified initials "LL" in background. Wide pink and yellow striped satin selvages.
place: label: made in
content: Spain
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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: 1952-127-18-a/c
objectType: label: Type
content: woven textiles
label: Type
content: Skirt fragment
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile in a satin foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 97 × 158 cm (38 3/16 in. × 5 ft. 2 3/16 in.)