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Salesman's sample

Unknown Maker

Sample of dress trimming of white silk embossed and cut out in leaf and flower shapes and pasted on thin white plain cloth to form wide and narrow border. Mounted in paper folder.

early 19th century

Medium: silk Technique: embroidered

1940-13-2

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

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