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Textile

Unknown Maker

Design of serpentine tree trunk throwing off flowering branches with birds. Panel is composed of several pieces, pasted together and mounted. White ground.

Credit: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt

18th century
Medium: silk Technique: painted on plain weave
1928-2-9
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020

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