Fire screen
Cooper Hewitt

Fire screen

ca. 1860

Embroidered in wool on a linen foundation Medium: wool embroidery, linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross and pile loop stitches; plain weave canvas
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
Cooper Hewitt

Panel from a firescreen with embroidery in raised Berlin-work. A large urn with flowers and fruits worked in many colors, with a small red-breasted bird to the right and a large white cockatoo on the left.

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