Medium

1. Backed wtih silk, plain weave
2. Cut work embroidered in overcast and satin stitches
3. Edged with silk chenille and cotton, machine-made net
4. Embellished and appliquéd with gilt and silver metal and gelatin paillettes, lacquered paper, glass, ceramic, and metal beads, pearls, silk ribbons, leather, and machine embroidered motifs
5. Embroidered with silk, cotton, gilt-and-silvered-metal-strip-wrapped cotton and silk, and copper-metal-strip-wrapped wool in back, individual back, chain, detached chain, eyelet, feather, herringbone, overcast, satin, surface satin, single, stem stitches
6. Laid work and couching
7. Silk, cotton, and wool, pieced plain, twill, and satin weaves
8. Some printed / painted
9. Some watered (moiré)
10. Some with velvet, some with patterning and brocading wefts, and some self-patterned

Picture Type

1. Object
2. Textiles

Category Hierarchy

History & Politics Artefacts

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4284x4960
File Size : 62,252kb

Aliases

1. 1971.918

1. 37884

1. 1000018231

1. 1971.918

1. 2-881-001

1. 2881001