Embroidery sample
Cooper Hewitt

Embroidery sample

ca. 1805

Medium: silk, metallic thread, metal sequins, glass, paper Technique: foundation of cut supplementary warp in a 3/1 twill foundation; stitches are padded satin using metal-wrapped silk, round and square coils, flat and dome spangles and glass shapes attached
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
Cooper Hewitt

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