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Embroidered picture
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Embroidered picture

Unknown · ca. 1825 · Medium: silk, cotton, metal yarn Technique: embroidered and painted

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

About this work

Chenille silkwork picture of a male harpist playing by a tree. Sky and clouds are painted with silk thread in long stitches used for the lake. Raised trunk of tree and leaves are in chenille thread.

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s own description
Credit lineEmbroidered picture. ca. 1825. Unknown. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Bequest of Marsha Carson. CC0.

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