Embroidery sample

Medium: silk, net, paper Technique: embroidered and appliqued on cut voided supplementary warp pile (velvet) | 1775-1805

Unknown Maker

Multicolored silk embroidery with net floral design on a ground of purple striped velvet.

Credit: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund
Object: 1932-1-58

Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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