Designer:

Herman A. Elsberg, (American, 1869–1938)  Search this

Medium:

Medium: silk Technique: plain woven with discontinuous weft patterning (brocade)

Type:

woven textiles

Textile

Made in:

Lyon, France

Date:

ca. 1915

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Sample of taffeta patterned with vertical stripes in shades of browns, with brocaded flowers in purple, red, and green frisé silks organized in three broad columns. Both selvages present.

Credit Line:

Anonymous bequest in memory of Albert and Rebecca Elsberg

Accession Number:

1938-82-169-b

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Textiles Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4bab5353c-34b6-4d8f-812d-e1c7acc28e29

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1938-82-169-b