Overskirt
date: label: Date
content: late 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Center field of large squares of diamonds and trellis patterns in dark brown and natural pile embroidery. Wide border with interlacing pattern on three sides, edged with buttonhole embroidery in hemp cord.
place: label: made in
content: Kasai, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1957-110-5
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Overskirt
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: raffia, hemp Technique: embroidered with buttonhole and pile stitches on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 60 x 146.1 cm (23 5/8 x 57 1/2 in.)