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
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