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Sleeve fragments

Sleeves of heavy cotton embroidered in repeat pattern of highly stylized medallions, plant and geometric forms. Worked with silver thread, pink, lavender and citron wool, and red, purple and green cotton. Pailettes are attached to the crocheted edges of the sleeves....
19th century
Medium: cotton, wool, metal Technique: embroidered
1969-86-15-a,b
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020

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