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Wall pocket
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Wall pocket

late 17th century · Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: embroidery on salmon (faded) and blue silk plain weave; stem, knot, satin and chain stitches using dyed silks; couched gold-wrapped silk and strips of silver foil; plus attached coils of silver and gilt wire.

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

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Credit lineWall pocket. late 17th century. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf Esq. in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf. CC0.

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