Embroidered picture
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Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Berlin wool-work picture depicting a scene inside a cathedral of a woman facing the viewer and kneeling at prayer with hands folded before an open prayer book. Somber colors plus highlights in light shades of silk on foundation fabric.
- mid-19th century
- Accession Number
- 1974-84-3
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- embroidery & stitching
- Embroidered picture
- Medium
- Medium: wool and silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in counted stitches on plain weave foundation
- Dimensions
- H x W: 82.5 x 60.3 cm (32 1/2 x 23 3/4 in.)
- made in
- England
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Textiles Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1974-84-3
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4d378c8f9-47a0-4b9d-bd24-ddb8e43ba319
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