Fabric piece with whitework embroidery
date: label: Date
content: 1828-1850
name: label: Owned by
content: Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
notes: label: Description
content: A piece of fabric with open whitework embroidery in a paisley design.
label: Description
content: The embroidery is situated along the longest edge of the fabric fragment and features open holes in the fabric overcast with white embroidery thread. The holes are arranged in a series of concentric curved feather shapes. The first feather is oriented vertically, with the rest oriented horizontally and getting progressively smaller along the fabric edge. The larger shapes have leaf-shaped designs in the center and the smaller shapes have flowers in the center. The fabric edge next to the paisley design also features open whitework, with a scalloped cut and overcast edge along a line of open circular holes, also overcast in white thread.
label: Description
content: Some of the holes at the bottom of the cloth are stretched and torn. There are a few holes in other areas of the cloth and there are some small pieces torn off on the edges. Areas of the cloth are stained and discolored from age.
place: label: Place made
content: Charleston County, United States, North and Central America
label: Place collected
content: Charleston, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Craftsmanship
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Skilled labor
label: Topic
content: Slavery
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.108.17.5
objectType: label: Type
content: textiles
label: Type
content: whitework
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: cotton
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 16 1/4 × 47 1/2 in. (41.3 × 120.7 cm)