Fragment (Needlework)
Europe
- Date
- 1750/1800
- Medium
- Silk and silver gilt strip, plain weave with supplementary facing wefts; embroidered with silk floss and gold- and silver-gilt strips wound around silk fiber cores in herringbone, satin, and stem stitches; laid work of gold gilt coils; couching and padded couching
- Dimensions
- 98.6 × 28.2 cm (38 7/8 × 11 1/8 in.)
- Department
- Textiles
- Credit line
- Belle M. Borland Endowment