Silk Embroidery Bordered With Metallic Bobbin Lace
notes: label: Description
content: Silk embroidery of Chinese fisherman in boat and landscape on linen (?) Embroidery in greens and tans. Was lined with red silk, which has disintegrated. Embroidered square with metal bobbin lace edge on 3 sides. The 3” wide metal bobbin lace edge is gathered at the corners. It consists of Brussels ground (c-t-c-t, pin, c-t-c-t, with heavy metal gimp worked through in curves making the main pattern. Also tallies. Ca 1800. Lace is not original to embroidery.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Lace
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content: Textiles
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.E366742
label: catalog number
content: E366742
label: accession number
content: 124192
objectType: label: Object Name
content: embroidery, picture, lace
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: linen (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 26 1/2 in x 23 in; 67.31 cm x 58.42 cm