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Summary
English: Embroidery: Crewel Wool, early 18th century
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Artist
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Title
English: Embroidery: Crewel Wool, early 18th century
Description
English: Panel of cream linen warp and cotton weft, twill, (Width of goods about 19 1/2") embroidered in many-colored wools in long and short stitch: two upright cornucopias with inward-curling ends, out of which grow life-sized, naturalisticgarden flowers: carnations, morning-glories, jonquils, violets, pinks, roses and buds, campanula, ragged robin, a sunflower, etc. The whole enframed by thin green scrolling lines. From chair back.
Date
early 18th century
date QS:P571,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P4241,Q40719727
Medium
cotton, linen, wool
Dimensions
H x W: 89 x 75 cm (35 1/16 x 29 1/2 in.)
Collection
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Native name
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Parent institution
Smithsonian Institution
Location
New York City, United States of America
Coordinates
40° 47′ 05″ N, 73° 57′ 29″ W
Established
1964
Website
www.cooperhewitt.org
Authority file
: Q1129820
VIAF: 156924364
ISNI: 0000000406043167
LCCN: n80056822
Open Library: OL545974A
SUDOC: 031882668
WorldCat
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Textiles
Accession number
1960-200-1
Notes
Type: Embroidery: crewel wool
Source/Photographer
Catalog Photo
Licensing
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
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