Embroidery sample

ca. 1770 · Medium: silk thread, silk chenille thread, cotton gauze appliqué, flat gold and silver metal thread wound on a silk core, gold and silver metal coils, metal sequins, metal beads on silk ground Technique: embroidered on cut voided supplementary warp pile (velvet) Label: Satin, stem, and knot stitches in silk, chenille, and gold and silver metallic thread; embroidered gold and silver metal wire coils, sequins, beads; gauze appliqué on cut 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.