Embroidery sample

ca. 1800 · Medium: silk, metal-wrapped silk cord, metal sequins, bullion and glass, paper Technique: embroidered in satin, stem and couching stitches on cut supplementary warp pile (velvet); in paper envelope Label: Satin and stem stitches embroidered in silk and gold metallic thread; embroidered gold and silver metal wire coils, sequins, bezeled mirrored glass beads, and bezeled blue and yellow glass beads on cut supplementary warp pile (velvet); paper enclosure

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