Textile
Cooper Hewitt

Textile

18th or 19th century

Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: satin, stem, chain and couching stitches on plain weave foundation
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
Cooper Hewitt

On double thickness of off-white cotton, design of groups of people, animals, trees, scattered fowl and insects, all facing toward central crouching camel with howdah on his back. Wide border of floral rosettes with guard borders of twining garlands. Embroidery is in shades of green, blue and yellow silk.

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