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 four yarns at the top and more at the bottom for a basket-weave effect. From the base protrude a few knotted elements and from bottom of core hang four separate braided and knotted elements. Two of these elements are smaller braided ball bases hanging from braided stem with further braided and knotted elements ending in tiny braided balls hanging from them. The remaining two are shorter, braided, pear-shaped elements covered in knotted protrusions.
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: 1962-51-55
objectType: label: Type
content: trimmings
label: Type
content: Tassel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: linen Technique: braided and knotted
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 12.7 x 7 cm (5 x 2 3/4 in.)