Embroidery sample, E.H. Sormani Co; 1963
date: label: date made
content: 1963
label: associated dates
content: 1963 09 16 / 1963 09 16
notes: label: Description
content: Embroidery sample, E.H. Sormani Co; 1963. White ground; all-over floral motif machine embroidered in shades of pink and green. A beige cardboard tag with string attached is marked, in black, E.H. Sormani Co.; V15126. Submitted to the Library of Congress for copyright on Sept 16 1963. The LOC's copyright registry lists this pattern as "Sunflowers" by Emil H. Sormani.
label: Description
content: Emil Sormani was born in Lucerne, Switzerland; he was an importer of European made luxury textiles, He opened his own business, E H Sormani Co., in 1963, Before that he worked in New York as a agent for Foster Willi Lace from St. Gaul, Switzerland. He died in 2001; an obituary was published in the New York Times.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0111.419
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0111.419
label: accession number
content: 1990.0111
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Embroidery Sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: machine embroidery (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17.8 cm x 54.6 cm; 7 in x 21 1/2 in