Embroidery sample
Cooper Hewitt

Embroidery sample

ca. 1770

Medium: silk, metal thread, metal sequins, metal coils, crimped metal wire, paper Technique: embroidered on uncut voided supplementary warp pile (velvet) Label: Satin and knot stitches embroidered in silk and silver metallic thread; embroidered silver metal coils, crimped strips and sequins on silk uncut voided supplementary warp pile (velvet); paper enclosure
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
Cooper Hewitt

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