Center piece
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Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Embroidered center piece with an Appenzell-style scene of a woman with two children under a tree within an embroidered frame of fruits, flowers, scrolls, and drawnwork. This is surrounded by a scalloped border of drawnwork with a pattern of flowers. Appenzell-style embroidery is in light gray thread while the surrounding scalloped area has off-white thread.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Louise Goldsmith
- late 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1942-71-13
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- embroidery & stitching
- Center piece
- Medium
- Medium: cotton Technique: deflected element with embroidery
- Dimensions
- H x W: 45 × 45 cm (17 11/16 × 17 11/16 in.)
- made in
- Switzerland
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Textiles Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1942-71-13
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq451e5e652-8ee3-42fe-bd32-526293d4eecf
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