Cardwork Mat with Greeting Card
date: label: Date made
content: 1850-1900
notes: label: Description
content: This cardwork picture frame contains a printed Christmas card greeting. The frame is embroidered with variegated red wool on a dark gray card. Cardwork embroidery was a popular form of needlework in the mid 19th century, and was frequently used for small items such as bookmarks and stamp covers. The perforated card was covered with holes in a grid pattern so that a design could be worked in either wool or silk threads, frequently embellished with beads.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Hope Anthony Levy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.1023.288
label: accession number
content: 1986.1023
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cardwork mat with greeting card
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: embroidery (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: wool yarn (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in; 24.13 cm x 19.05 cm