Embroidery sample

Artwork details

Date:

1775–1805

Medium:

Medium: silk thread, flat gold and silver metal thread wrapped on a silk core, gold and silver metal wire coils, metal sequins, bezeled mirrored glass beads, stamped gold appliqué on silk ground, paper enclosure Technique: embroidered on cut supplementary warp pile (velvet) Label: Satin, stem, and knot stitches embroidered in silk and gold and silver metallic thread; embroidered gold and silver metal wire coils, sequins, bezeled-mirrored glass beads, and stamped gold appliqué on cut supplementary warp pile (velvet); paper enclosure

Dimensions:

633 × 843 px

Museum record:

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