Medium: silk, metal-wrapped silk, coiled metal strips on linen Technique: split, satin and double running stitches using silk, couched and padded couching for metal-wrapped silk and metal coils on plain weave (metallic yarns are couched in pairs for large dense areas, two plied Z-twist for outline, two plied Z-twist and re-plied S-twist for outer border)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
Cooper Hewitt
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