Embroidered picture
Cooper Hewitt

Embroidered picture

Unknown · ca. 1825

Medium: silk, cotton, metal yarn Technique: embroidered and painted
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
Cooper Hewitt

Chenille silkwork picture of a male harpist playing by a tree. Sky and clouds are painted with silk thread in long stitches used for the lake. Raised trunk of tree and leaves are in chenille thread.

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