Book cover
date: label: Date
content: 1700–1750
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Embroidered satin book cover of red satin decorated with embroidery in silks, metal threads and paillettes. The front cover has a shield surmounted by a Cardinal's hat. The shield has a tree with confronted animals (lions?) on either side and is topped with a crown. Foliage and a broken fret in metal threads and paillettes frame the shield. The back cover has a central design of two ovals with the left framing the initials: CAR. The right has St. Martin on horseback about to cut his throat for a half-naked beggar. These figures are worked in colored silks and metal thread. The ovals are surmounted by a coronet in gold and colored silks. Same border decoration as the front. Lined with printed end paper in a floral design of red, yellow and brown.
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: Gift of L. Boyd and Annie McQuarrie Hatch
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1955-25-10
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Book cover
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, metal thread, paper Technique: embroidered on satin weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 25 x 19 cm (9 13/16 x 7 1/2 in.)