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Embroidery Sample (France), ca. 1770

This is a Embroidery sample. It is dated ca. 1770 and we acquired it in 1932. Its medium is silk, metallic thread, paper and its technique is embroidery on uncut voided supplementary warp pile (velvet); in paper envelope. It is a part of the Textiles department.

It is credited Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 29.2 x 22.2 cm (11 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.)

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Embroidery Sample (France), ca. 1770; silk, metallic thread, paper; H x W: 29.2 x 22.2 cm (11 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.); Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund; 1932-1-11

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