Embroidery Fragment
1570-1629 (made)
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Embroidery fragment made of crimson silk satin couched with partially wrapped silver filé and yellow silk thread and silver strip over thick cord in a pattern of overlapping ogee shapes and floral motifs.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, silver, linen; hand-woven satin, hand-embroidered |
| Brief description | 1570-1629, Italian; crimson silk satin embroidered with silver filé |
| Physical description | Embroidery fragment made of crimson silk satin couched with partially wrapped silver filé and yellow silk thread and silver strip over thick cord in a pattern of overlapping ogee shapes and floral motifs. |
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| Accession number | 632-1883 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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