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Tablecloth
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Tablecloth

Unknown · ca. 1905 · Medium: silk, cotton Technique: embroidery and cutwork on plain weave

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

About this work

Round tablecloth has embroidery and cutwork in an elaborate design of irises and spider webs with spiders. Cutwork areas have spoked grey threads worked with thinner grey threads to create a spider web effect.

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s own description
Subjects
Embroidery (visual works)Tablecloths
Credit lineTablecloth. ca. 1905. Unknown. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Gift of Andrew Van Styn from the estate of Don Magner. CC0.
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