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Letter case

17th century · Medium: paper, silk, gold-wrapped silk, gold wire, foil, and spangles on silk foundation Technique: embroidered on paper faced with silk plain weave in surface satin and couching stitches with attached coils of gold wire and foil, flat strips of gold foil, flattened loops of silver and gold spangles on plain weave foundation

From the collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Credit lineLetter case. 17th century. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Gift of the Marquis Val Verde de la Sierra. CC0.

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