Sewing sampler
Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Two pieces of fabric, one muslin and one red and white striped twill, stitched together at an angle. From them, five square holes have been cut and patched, plus one corner. Embroidered in red with the initials M.A. "Flicktuch D.R.G.M. 271465" is printed on front. Label in German sewn to back.
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer
- 1909
- Accession Number
- 1981-28-433
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- embroidery & stitching
- Sewing sampler
- Medium
- Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: inset patches and cross stitch on two pieces of fabric seamed together; 1 plain weave, the other 2/2 twill.
- Dimensions
- H x W: 41.9 x 24.1 cm (16 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)
- made in
- Germany
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Textiles Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1981-28-433
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4666ae0f0-fc92-404a-bc14-a8299e82821c
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