Border fragment
Unknown Maker
Fragment of a band for a border. Design of flower and branch in white, blue, black, and green loose pile on yellow silk ground. Weft of coarse vegetable fiber.
Credit: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
17th-18th century
Medium: silk, vegetable fiber? Technique: uncut supplementary warp pile (velvet)
1921-22-40
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
Where you'll find this
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
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