Embroidery sample

ca. 1770 · Medium: silk, metal thread, metal sequins, metal coils, crimped metal wire, paper Technique: embroidered on uncut voided supplementary warp pile (velvet) Label: Satin and knot stitches embroidered in silk and silver metallic thread; embroidered silver metal coils, crimped strips and sequins on silk uncut voided supplementary warp pile (velvet); paper enclosure

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