Raised Embroidered Picture
notes: label: Description
content: Two raised work embroidered peacocks embellished with beads on black velvet (unfinished work). The peacocks stand on a raised “ground” area with surface embroidered flowers, leaves, and grasses. To form the raised areas, padding of wool or cotton was stitched down and embroidered. Some of the feathers are stitched in silver metallic thread. Silk, wool, and chenille threads were used. The stitches are satin, stem, split, and straight.
place: label: made at
content: United States
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Victorian Needlework
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Miss S. E. Cummings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T11964R
label: catalog number
content: T11964O
label: accession number
content: 71118
objectType: label: Object Name
content: embroidered picture
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 27 7/8 in x 23 in; 70.8025 cm x 58.42 cm