EditorialGarment, Medium: silk Technique: embroidered; lined, Small dress of light brown silk, scalloped at sleeves and hem; embroidered with flowers, leaves and scrolls in colored silks and metal (gold and silver wound around a silk core). Embrodery design and...
EditorialGarment for religious statue, Medium: silk, metallic yarns Technique: satin weave with discontinuous supplementary weft patterning (brocade), Small tunic of yellow silk satin brocaded in silver metallic threads and polychrome silks. Neck, sleeve and he...
EditorialRank badge, Medium: silk and metallic yarns Technique: Pekin stitch and couching on satin weave ground, Mandarin square (P'u tzu) for civil official of the eighth rank. Embroidery in colored silks and gold thread shows quail against a golden sky, with ...
EditorialGarment, Medium: silk Technique: embroidered; lined, Small dress of light brown silk, scalloped at sleeves and hem; embroidered with flowers, leaves and scrolls in colored silks and metal (gold and silver wound around a silk core). Embrodery design and...
EditorialSampler, Luisa Dias, Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, satin, stem, and buttonhole stitches, with withdrawn element work with needle made fillings, on plain weave foundation, Bands of whitework and withdrawn e...
EditorialGarment for religious statue, Medium: silk, metallic yarns Technique: satin weave with discontinuous supplementary weft patterning (brocade), Small tunic of yellow silk satin brocaded in silver metallic threads and polychrome silks. Neck, sleeve and he...
EditorialTextile, Medium: silk Technique: compound cloth, brocaded, Ground striped vertically with extra warp, white satin and white horizontal ribbing. Red satin border stripes on either side. Large floral sprays brocaded in red, green, and brown silks. Compon...
EditorialSampler, Louisa Nenninger, American, b. 1815, Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross stitch on plain weave foundation, Square sampler of natural-colored linen embroidered with blue, green, yellow, red, and white sil...
EditorialMan's cap, Medium: silk and metallic embroidery on linen foundation, metal spangles Technique: appliqued and embroidered in split, back and couching stitches on plain weave foundation; Label: linen embroidered with silk, metallic yarns and spangles in ...
EditorialPocket book, Medium: silk and metal embroidery on silk foundation Technique: embroidered in chain, stem and running stitches on satin, Case covered in white satin embroidered with flowers and fruit in colored silks, lined with pink silk, with pink ribb...
EditorialRank badge, Medium: silk and metallic yarns Technique: Pekin stitch and couching on satin weave ground, Mandarin square (P'u tzu) for civil official of the eighth rank. Embroidery in colored silks and gold thread shows quail against a golden sky, with ...
EditorialSampler, Mary Richards, American, Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, rococo, and eyelet stitches on plain weave foundation, Four sets of alphabets and one set of numerals in the upper third; a verse and inscrip...
EditorialChasuble back, Medium: silk, gold thread Technique: stem and satin stitch embroidery; lined with plain weave, Chasuble back with embroidery in colored silks and metal thread on gold-colored buratto net in a design of curving stems with conventionalized...
EditorialBag, Medium: silk and metal thread embroidery, gilt wire, gilt spangles, silk foundation, Technique: embroidered in stem, satin and running stitches and couching on plain weave, Lady's bag in brown silk, ornamented with embroidery in design of bird per...