Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Three lengths of fabric to form vestment. Floral branch contained in wreath-like ogee in silver, gold and red on a gold background in an "ottoman style."
- Credit Line
- Gift of Harvey Smith
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1967-20-44-a
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- woven textiles
- Panel
- Medium
- Medium: silk, cotton and metal Technique: There are two warps [one yellow silk, one grey or ivory silk], and two wefts [one yellow cotton, one ivory cotton]. There is an interesting interplay between the ground fabric and the ground fabric and the various brocaded metal-wrapped yarns. [The metal and red silk are brocaded.] E.g.: gold with yellow cotton, silver with ivory cotton. Note: use of metal. E.g.: metal strips wrapped on silk yarn, flat metal strips, "kinky" metal-wrapped yarn.
- possibly made in
- Russia
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Textiles Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1967-20-44-a
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq455e1f9cb-7034-4546-b3eb-4d91e5f23ab7
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