Research in Progress Off-white cotton sheer ground with embroidered design of a stylized floral spray with two large blossoms and numerous small ones curving to the left. The vines are executed in gold foil strips, the small flowers in gilt sequins, and the leaves in beetle elytra.
- Collection
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection Textiles Department
- Date published
- mid
- Dates
- mid- 19th century
- Format
- Medium: cotton ground, beetle elytra, gold foil strips, gilt sequins, gold metal-wrapped silk thread Technique: plain weave embroidered with cut beetle wings and sequins
- Pages
- 24.2 x 17.3 cm (9 1/2 x 6 13/16 in. )
- Place Discussed
- India
- Provider
- Smithsonian Institution
- Published in
- India
- Reference
- 1931-43-20
- Rights
- Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/fe7a25f80ab3fd826e1d461b6ad6c8ab
