Letter case
Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Leather letter case with embroidered floral design, which is the same on both sides. Edged with blue fabric and embroidery in pink, green, yellow, blue, and white.
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Marian Hague
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1971-50-113
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- embroidery & stitching
- Letter case
- Medium
- Medium: silk, leather, and silver-wrapped silk Technique: satin and stem stitches using dyed silks, couched silver-wrapped silk; worked as a single panel, folded
- Dimensions
- H x W: 10.5 x 14.9 cm (4 1/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
- made in
- Spain
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Textiles Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1971-50-113
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq42ff5627c-a7e3-447f-bfcf-e83128b26a39
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