Tablecloth

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

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Description
Round tablecloth has embroidery and cutwork in an elaborate design of irises and spider webs with spiders. Cutwork areas have spoked grey threads worked with thinner grey threads to create a spider web effect.
Credit Line
Gift of Andrew Van Styn from the estate of Don Magner
ca. 1905
Accession Number
2019-28-28
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
embroidery & stitching
Tablecloth
Medium
Medium: silk, cotton Technique: embroidery and cutwork on plain weave
Dimensions
Diam.: 66.7 cm (26 1/4 in.)
made in
USA
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Textiles Department
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Record ID
chndm_2019-28-28
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq436caf103-2f7f-473a-89fb-37539613cc90
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