Designer:

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

Medium:

Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: complex plain woven with discontinuous weft patterning (brocade)

Dimensions:

H x W: 38.8 × 93 cm (15 1/4 × 36 5/8 in.)

Type:

woven textiles

Textile

Made in:

Lyon, France

Date:

ca. 1919

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Sample has a white plain woven ground patterned with a repeat of satin woven serpentine leaves, edged in gold. Large scale floral sprays emerge from the leaves, woven in gold and silver wefts. Both selvages present.

Credit Line:

Anonymous bequest in memory of Albert and Rebecca Elsberg

Accession Number:

1938-82-173-e

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/kq45aebff42-1b67-4d74-adc3-a69fb0c1ffa4

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1938-82-173-e