Central cartouche with Mount Vesuvius and Pompei surrounded by rural scenes and trophies. This embroidery was from the pattern book of Johann Friedrich Netto, Zeichen-Mahler und Stickerbuch, Zweiter Theil, Leipzig 1798.
Credit: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer
1798
Medium: silk and metal thread embroidery on silk foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, stem, couching and knot stitches, with appliqué on plain weave foundation; painted details
1981-28-280
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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