Fragment
Unknown Maker
Fragment of multicolored cut velvet pile in a design of a tree and a leaping dog on an off-white ground shot with silver threads.
Credit: Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf
late 18th century
Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: cut supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a twill foundation
1962-56-167
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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