Medium: silk and metallic (metal-wrapped silk core) embroidery on silk foundation, with flat metal strips, wire coils; linen backing Technique: embroidered in satin and stem stitches, couched flat metal strips, metal-wrapped silk, and flat strips with metal-wrapped silk; wire coils attached; faces and arms painted; on plain weave foundation Label: silk embroidered with silk, metallic yarns, flat metal strips, and wire coils; linen backing
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
Cooper Hewitt
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