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Embroidery- Crewel Wool, early 18th century (CH 18432103)

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Embroidery- Crewel Wool, early 18th century (CH 18432103)

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Panel of cream linen warp and cotton weft, twill, (Width of goods about 19 1/2") embroidered in many-colored wools in long and short stitch: two upright cornucopias with inward-curling ends, out of which grow life-sized, naturalisticgarden flowers: carnations, morning-glories, jonquils, violets, pinks, roses and buds, campanula, ragged robin, a sunflower, etc. The whole enframed by thin green scrolling lines. From chair back.

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1700 - 1799
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Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
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