Woven portrait

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Designer
Philippe de la Salle, (French, 1723–1803)
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
A woven portrait of the Comtesse de Provence is embroidered to the fabric that forms the frame. The frame is a wreath of multicolor flowers with a bow at the top.
Credit Line
Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
ca. 1771
Accession Number
1938-57-264
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
woven textiles
Woven portrait
Medium
Medium: silk Technique: 4 & 1 satin with discontinuous supplementary wefts bound on the front in plain weave by a supplementary warp
Dimensions
Warp x Weft: 106 x 76.5 cm (41 3/4 x 30 1/8 in.)
made in
Lyon, France
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Textiles Department
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Record ID
chndm_1938-57-264
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq45afede20-d6fc-477a-b046-911d1d60d9ac
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