Embroidery sample

1775–1805 · Medium: silk thread, flat gold and silver metal thread wrapped on a silk core, gold and silver metal wire coils, metal sequins, bezeled mirrored glass beads, stamped gold appliqué on silk ground, paper enclosure Technique: embroidered on cut supplementary warp pile (velvet) Label: Satin, stem, and knot stitches embroidered in silk and gold and silver metallic thread; embroidered gold and silver metal wire coils, sequins, bezeled-mirrored glass beads, and stamped gold appliqué 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.