Embroidered lace sleeve fragment
date: label: Date
content: 1828-1850
name: label: Owned by
content: Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
notes: label: Description
content: A scrap of a cotton sleeve.
label: Description
content: The top of the sleeve is torn at a diagonal angle. In the center of the sleeve there is a pleated seem going around the front and back of the sleeve. The bottom of the sleeve has scalloped edges. Each "scallop" has a small hole that is embroidered around the edges.
label: Description
content: There are vertical paisley patterns around the bottom of the sleeve. The tallest one is in the center and they graduall get smaller on either side. The paisley designs are made ou of holes with embroidered edges. There are flowers inside of the paisley designs. There are four in the largest designs, two in the medium sized designs, and one in the smallest designs.
label: Description
content: There are a few loose threads at the top of the sleeve from where it was disconnected from the rest of the garment. The sleeve has started to yellow from age.
place: label: Place made
content: 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
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1815-1861
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Textiles and Quilts
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: 2017.108.17.6
objectType: label: Type
content: fragments
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: 18 1/2 × 15 in. (47 × 38.1 cm)