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Chair Seat Cover Fragment

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1860-1880

GUSN

GUSN-53526

Description

Roughly square canvas; central polychromatic naturalistic bouquet and plants wrapped with blue ribbon embroidered in wool petit point on field of cream silk petit point. Floral strapwork border in predominately gold berlinwork wool; red frame in wool berlinwork.

Details

Descriptive Terms

chairs (furniture forms)
covers (overlying objects)
Berlin woolwork
canvas
embroidering
petit point
silk (textile)
upholstery
wool (textile)
Cover, Furnishing
Cover, Chair Seat
Cover, Chair Seat

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

18 x 19 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Anonymous Gift

Accession Number

1943.435

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